Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
It's important for us to first understand the history of the partnership between NOAA and the private sector.
That is a bit sobering.
If we are better prepared, if we invest in resilience, if we invest in the case of the west coast and an early warning s...
This should be a shared responsibility to build out a robust early warning system, save lives.
I am looking at giving you specific authorization since it hasn't been given a priority. Why hasn't it been given a prio...
For $38 million the Government of the United States of America could fund a real-time, at-sea-based early warning system...
I would observe, unfortunately, here in Washington, DC, we seem to have what I call a tombstone mentality.
We want to do more than look into them.
Given what you just heard today, don't you believe that we should perhaps be investing more money in that program to dea...
It should not have happened.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has drafted legislation that would bolster funding for prevention and services to families.
The federal government can make innovation much easier by providing greater flexibility in the use of title IV-E foster ...
Stays in residential care should be based on the child's specialized behavioral and mental health needs.
This can be done in a bipartisan way, colleagues.
It would have been more work for the bureaucracy.
There is wide consensus that children and youth, especially young children, are best served in a family setting.
What are we going to be able to do in this bill?