Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, a senior member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, today released the following statement on President Obama’s nomination of General Charles Bolden as Administrator of NASA:

“General Charles Bolden served his country for more than three decades in the United States Marine Corps and for more than a decade in the NASA Astronaut Corps.  He is the ideal choice for NASA Administrator, and I know he will bring intelligence, energy and leadership to an agency that is at the forefront of scientific discovery.”

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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, 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.