CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON THE BUDGET AGREEMENT

Washington, DC (Friday, April 08, 2011)– “I am pleased that the government did not shut down. I am also pleased that we have at least taken the necessary steps towards saving existing jobs. I am not pleased that we have not yet made hard and sensible decisions that address job creation, innovation and our unfair tax practices.”

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. She is also the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas that 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.