Zoe Lofgren actually said...

"The importance of providing the National Weather Service with the resources it needs to improve the availability of high-quality data streams for weather forecasting can't be understated."

"Climate change means that these atmospheric rivers coming over and over again may be the new normal and with the warming climate."

"We need to increase NOAA's aircraft fleet to fly these storms during the winter months. This will be critical to safety in California."

"We need to understand why, because significant economic and societal benefits are at stake."