On the recordAugust 4, 1998
I guess I am in the awkward position of wanting to help love their amendment to death, to acknowledge how meritorious their claim is for additional resources but then say, as the chairman has, 'Not here.' Because the account that they would be going after by this offset I think has an even more critical priority for the country, especially with the very tenuous status of our weather satellite system right now. It is already being stretched very thin by the constraints in this bill. To further eat into this account I think really puts into severe jeopardy our overall capability to keep track of weather forecasting, severe weather events that carry even greater threat to the health and safety of the people of this country than do the risks that the gentlemen's amendment would be designed to address. So, as with everyone else that has spoken against my colleagues, I do so reluctantly.
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