Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Retiring After Almost Three Decades in Congress

U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) makes comments as she introduces State Senator Royce West at a rally where West announced his bid to run for the U.S. Senate in Dallas, on July 22, 2019. Tony Gutierrez/AP Photo

U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, announced Saturday that she will retire in January 2023.

“I have gone back and forth ... the whole time because of the pleading and the asking, but as of January ... the year after next, I will step down,” Johnson said during an event in Dallas. “I will retire, and let me assure that I will also recommend to you whom I feel is the best to follow me.”