Zoe Lofgren actually said...

"I look forward to hearing from the witnesses on your ideas specifically how commercial data can augment our atmospheric river forecasting capabilities."

"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."