Mark Begich actually said...

I think nationally almost 100,000 jobs this last year in 2011 were added in the tourism industry, which is a good thing.

Chairman Begich described the severe storm that Alaska just last week saw its coast buffeted by.

While the phrase 'climate change' is always controversial, we in Alaska are already living the effects.

Do you think NOAA is prepared, if funding is flat or lack of funding occurs from Congress, to fill that gap?