Washington, DC (Wednesday, May 19, 2010) Today, Congresswoman Johnson, Chairwoman of the subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment, shows concern for the people living on the Gulf Coast. “I shudder to even entertain the idea that companies have become so greed-oriented that people and the environment simply do not matter,” says Congresswoman Johnson. “Tell me this isn’t so. Convince me this isn’t so.”

Additional information on today’s hearing including a list of witnesses and their testimony can be found at http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/T.aspx?TID=14695&NewsID=1193.


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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.