Chairwoman Johnson and Ranking Member Lucas Letter to President Biden Urging Rescindment of NTSB Proposal that would Exceed Agency Authority… Continue Reading
Chairwoman Johnson and Ranking Member Lucas Letter to President Biden Requesting Details of White House Investigation on OSTP Director Lander's Misconduct
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Letter to Admiral Permian Resources Operating, LLC
Letter to Ameredev II, LLC
Letter to Chevron Corporation
Letter to ConocoPhillips
Letter to Coterra Energy Inc.
Letter to Devon Energy Corporation
Letter to ExxonMobil Corporation
Letter to Mewbourne Oil Company
Letter to Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Letter to Pioneer Natural Resources Company
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— Today, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law.
“Today, President Biden signed into law the most significant investment in American science, technology, and innovation in over a decade,” said Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX). “We saw the critical need to revitalize support for our scientific enterprise and we answered it. With the enactment of the CHIPS and Science Act, we have the resources and support to remain a leader…
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– Last month, three major U.S. oil and gas operators – ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, and Pioneer Natural Resources – announced their decision to join the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0. The OGMP 2.0 framework, a voluntary initiative overseen by the UN Environment Programme in collaboration with governments, environmental organizations, and oil and gas companies, represents the gold standard for methane emissions measurement and reporting in the oil and gas sector. ConocoPh…
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– Today the House passed H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act, which includes provisions to address the effects of extreme drought and wildfire conditions that are being exacerbated by a warming climate. This comprehensive package of 49 bills includes language from Science Committee bills including H.R. 6012 the Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act, H.R. 8449 the Fire Ready Nation Act, H.R. 5781 the Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program Act, and H.R. …
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It used to be that October marked the end of wildfire season, and the most destructive fires occurred in or around forested areas. But increasingly, more Americans experience the impacts of wildfires year-round.
In 2021, nearly 50,000 wildfires were reported, which burned over seven million acres of land. And as we saw with the Marshall fire in Boulder County, sometimes the most devastating fires can happen in suburban areas in the dead of winter.
As members of Congress representin…
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Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would crack down to protect public health and the environment from coal ash contamination. EPA will ramp up enforcement of its rules to prohibit companies from dumping coal ash into unlined storage pits, and to require those companies to speed up their efforts to close down the existing pits that have been shown to leak.
As the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, I want to see our federal age…
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Keynote Remarks as Prepared
Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
American Meteorological Society Washington Forum
Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with members of the American Meteorological Society. Founded over 100 years ago, the AMS is the nation’s foremost professional society for atmospheric sciences.
The work done by AMS and its members is vital to th… Continue Reading
(Dallas, TX) - Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is holding an organizational meeting to adopt the Committee Rules for the 117th Congress.
Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's (D-TX) opening statement for the record is below.
I'd like to first welcome all the old and new Members to the Committee. Members who have been on this Committee before know that I always say: the Science, Space, and Technology Committee is the committee of the future. The things that we e… Continue Reading
Keynote Remarks
Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Launch of the 2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Global Report & U.S. Policy Brief
Good morning and thank you to Climate Nexus for the invitation to speak with all of you today.
I have previously said that climate change is the biggest environmental challenge of our time. But I would argue, and I think others in this room would agree, that it is also one of the… Continue Reading