Eddie Bernice Johnson

the protection of our citizens and national security are inherently government functions.

I have seen a great improvement in weather predictions, and I hope that'll continue to improve because I've also seen where it saved a lot of lives.

I do not support doing so.

Statement submitted by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing.

I have been hearing from a lot of concerned constituents about the Zika virus and the potential for a Zika outbreak in Texas this summer.

There's value in providing information to the Committee about what you perceive as the job creation and technology creation capabilities.

All data breaches that expose sensitive personal information should be taken very seriously.

However, we can't bury our heads in the sand if we are serious about tackling climate change.

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy plays a critical role in developing technologies and best practices that minimize the environmental impact that we, and indeed the world, cause when we extract and use fossil fuel…

Just like we say, don't mess with Texas. Texans don't want anyone messing with the special places where we hunt and fish.

I believe that section 401(c) of the Clean Water Act has been used by EPA in the right way in the right place.

The proposed Bristol mine--Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay is simply the wrong mine in the wrong place.

I appreciate your commitment to public service, and I look forward to your testimony.

But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil and the gas are exhausted, when the soil shall be still further impoverished and washed into streams, polluting the…

It is time for us now as a Nation to exercise the same reasonable foresight in dealing with our great natural resources that would be shown by any prudent man.

Unfortunately, officials from my home State of Texas are not leading the charge to reduce air pollution, but instead are fighting the EPA once again.

The Clean Air Act's Visibility Protection program is grounded in science, showing that reducing pollution that scatters light like sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and particulate matter results in cleaner and clearer air.

the Majority's ongoing investigation of NOAA's climate scientists is unfounded and driven by ideology and other agendas.

As many of us know, NOAA's research and services play a critical role in weather forecasting, enhancing our understanding of the environment, and, ultimately in helping ensure that the United States' economy remains strong.

I hope my friends and colleagues on the other side of the aisle can move past this effort to create scientific controversy.

the overwhelming body of scientific evidence... has shown that the world is warming, the warming is caused mostly by humans.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

the Majority also chose not to invite any scientists to this hearing.

I am a strong supporter of the Clean Air Act Amendments that went into effect in 1970 during a Republican Presidential Administration.