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On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
If money is so tight and our weather satellite programs are so vulnerable, then perhaps the Administration needs to evaluate its priorities and determine which is more important: near-term weather monitoring, which can save lives and property today, or beefing up NOAA's climate portfolio in an effort to guess what the weather might be decades from now.
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia

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Broun questions the Administration's priorities regarding weather monitoring versus climate initiatives.

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