I just want to say at the outset since this is our first forestry hearing that I am very much looking forward to working...
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you witnesses for being here today. I want to start by congratulating the Chairman fo...
It's important for us to first understand the history of the partnership between NOAA and the private sector.
The legislation we've been working on together will go a long way in improving the nation's weather forecasting capabili...
I know the Chairman shares my interest in doing all we can to protect the American people from severe weather events.
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...
Given what you just heard today, don't you believe that we should perhaps be investing more money in that program to dea...
We want to do more than look into them.
I would observe, unfortunately, here in Washington, DC, we seem to have what I call a tombstone mentality.
For $38 million the Government of the United States of America could fund a real-time, at-sea-based early warning system...
I am looking at giving you specific authorization since it hasn't been given a priority. Why hasn't it been given a prio...
This should be a shared responsibility to build out a robust early warning system, save lives.
You and Senator Hatch, in my view, have been real leaders on this topic, and I am very grateful.
This account that you have just given provides a real wakeup call to this committee, because this is something, colleagu...
I think kin are often underutilized and tend to be the type of providers who will provide stable homes.
We ought to be considering those fresh approaches, fresh ways of thinking about how we serve the goal that all Americans...
