Clawing back $700 million of Inflation Reduction Act funds designated for coastal resilience funding at NOAA, as Rep. Westerman's bill attempts to do, would move us in the wrong direction toward preparing our coastal communities for climate impacts and advancing environmental justice.
Criticism of funding cuts to NOAA affecting climate resilience and environmental justice.
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Congress dedicate up to $1.3 billion annually in existing revenue from the development of energy and mineral resources on Federal lands and waters to the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program.
It was once said some of my colleagues across the aisle aren't always trying to mislead people or mis-state facts, they just know so much about just what isn't so.
The message that the public is getting is that Fish and Wildlife doesn't want to manage fish and wildlife refuges for fish and wildlife anymore.
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