Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
United States Representative, Texas, Democrat
Representative Johnson, of the Thirtieth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. She served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1972 to 1977, and in the Texas Senate from 1986 to 1992. She is the Ranking Minority Member of the Science and Technology Committee and also sits on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The following is from the January 13, 2016, House floor debate on S.J.Res. 22, providing for congressional disapproval of the rule relating to the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The…
