Texas US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, dies at 88

• Texas US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson died on Sunday, according to reports. 
• Johnson represented Texas in Congress for three decades before retiring this year.
• President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris released tributes on Johnson's career.

Trailblazing longtime US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat, died Sunday. She was 88.