12/14/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"The FAA has not funded a new automated weather observing system location program in Alaska since the 1990s."
"This lack of data had previously justified the local FAA to allow carriers to use a combination of inputs to satisfy the requirements."
"Unfortunately our military members have a higher incidence of ALS, a 60 percent higher rate, than the civilian population."
"There is no cure, there is no treatment for ALS, and it is a horrible, horrible disease for an individual to live with."