Eddie Bernice Johnson

I know that population wise this is not the fastest growing area, but yet you have thriving businesses.

it is critical that we continue to invest in federal programs that leverage resources locally.

We do have a STEM education crisis in this country, and we must do something to address it if we hope to compete in the 21st century and the global economy.

in Texas, we must continue to invest in STEM education for our future workforce.

I have been very, very impressed. First, I've seen a very clean city that seems to have all of the ingredients...

community colleges have an important role to play in preparing students for highly technical jobs upon graduation.

Thank you very much. Let me thank all of you for your testimony. It's been very enlightening.

More and more U.S. companies are moving abroad. We think this is because of trade, but it's because they cannot find the highly skilled workforce they need here at home.

A recent study estimates that in the year 2018, 8 million jobs in the U.S. economy will require a college degree in one of the STEM fields.

I am not and nor is EPA a job killer. We are simply trying to protect the lives of the people.

Now, more than ever, the American people need a strong EPA to protect their rights to clean air and water.

I stand with the people of Texas who, regardless of where they fall in the partisan divide, universally agree that they have a right to clean air and clean water.

Texas needs more time to consider the full implications of the rule to submit comments to EPA and possibly to prepare for implementation.

I would like to ask for the letter that the delegation signed be submitted for the record as well as the one from Dynergy that was sent--well, to both of us.

Now more than ever the American people need a strong EPA to protect their rights of clean air and clean water.

Families should never have to choose between a job and healthy air. They are entitled to both.

Eighty-some percent of the young people that are admitted to Children's Hospital have respiratory problems.

Despite the noise from the echo chamber on the right, on the whole, EPA regulations do not, do not, do not kill jobs.

Air pollution doesn't stop at the State line, just as it doesn't at city limits, and when the pollution from one State affects the air quality of another, measures should be taken to mitigate that impact.

In fact, there is much more evidence showing that jobs are created and the economy expands following the passage of major reforms.

Air pollution doesn't stop at the State line, and when the pollution from one State affects the air quality in another, measures should be taken to mitigate that impact.

I believe this hearing will fall far short of providing a meaningful discourse on the subject.

I think we can finally say that global warming is happening.

Climate change is a cancer, and we don't cure cancer by refusing to test for it, calling the doctor a liar, and refusing to consider any treatment.

I implore my colleagues to recognize the value of research and resist efforts to defund and destroy the very scientific community that will give us answers.