When will this plan be available for the subcommittee to evaluate, to review?

Madam Secretary, how confident are you that the fleet plan that OMB is holding will actually meet NOAA's at-sea operational needs?

The Department's 2017 request totals $9.7 billion. This is $500 million above the 2016 enacted amount and includes some significant steps forward.

The goal here is to have ICANN remain and the domain name process remain a multi-stakeholder driven model.

I am concerned that the 2017 request will result in the Department trying to pick winners and losers through another closed selection process.

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I am discouraged by the delayed launch of the 'GOES-R' satellite from October 2015 to October 2016.

But how confident are you that the OMB plan that they are holding will do all this?

How does construction of a regional class vessel instead of an ocean class vessel affect the time line for replacing NOAA's ships?

An ongoing commitment to a Center of Excellence like the one that we have developed in Connecticut, I think, is a great way to make sure that a small amount of Federal dollars goes a long way towards the coastal resiliency that the…

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I am concerned by the Commerce Inspector General's assessment that the Bureau continues to face challenges in meeting its cost savings goals.