Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson is serving her 13th term representing the 30th Congressional District of Texas. Johnson is widely recognized as one of the most effective legislators in Congress and is credited with originally authoring or co-authoring, sponsoring or co-sponsoring more than 821 bills that were passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by the President.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Congresswoman Johnson addresses NASA Symposium on STEM.
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson addresses the Symposium on Supporting Underrepresented Minority Males in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It took place at the NASA D.C. headquarters.
Getting more youth involved in STEM fields and developing careers in the STEM fields has been a career long passion of Congresswoman Johnson. As a national leader on STEM Education, and an ally of public and private and scientific enterprises, Johnson has worked closely with nonprofits and businesses, such as Texas Instruments, Dell, Microsoft and the Gates Foundation in order to bolster job creation and to improve STEM education opportunities and access.