Bruce Westerman actually said...

"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 prepa..."

"Chair Westerman's bill would repeal $700 million in funding allocated to the NOAA under Section 40001 of the Inflation Reduction Act."

"However, we greatly appreciate Chairman Westerman's commitment, and his passion for voluntary cooperative conservation."

"this is actually extremely more innovative than just saying, oh, we are going to pull $1.3 billion out of the air from our kids and our grandkids and shove it down to the states with no responsibility..."