05/06/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"A few years ago, I visited the NOAA observatory on top of Mauna Loa, and it was a bittersweet moment."
"Today, we are at 405 parts per million."
"If we throw away that data on the state of the ocean because we worry about it revealing some climate change, we are throwing away our opportunity to improve our forecasts for the intensity of hurrica..."
"We feel that the study should be fully funded by Congressional appropriators."