I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it.

Congresswoman Johnson is a current member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and has been since being elected in 1992. In the end they were no match for Johnson's record of achievement and popularity with voters. [citation needed]
The 17th chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Eddie Bernice Johnson was a leading voice in opposition to the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

Eddie Bernice Johnson (born December 3 1935) is a politician from the state of Texas currently representing the state's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.