Edward Markey actually said...

This was not knowable in 2009. This was not knowable in 2010. This was a market intervention.

Markey emphasizes the unpredictability of the market changes due to external factors.

09/13/2011

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The President's proposed budget cut proposes big cuts to NOAA, including a $250 million cut from NOAA's coastal research programs.

Will you commit to not preventing NOAA scientists from speaking publicly about their work on climate change science or retaliating against t...

You can't put a dollar value on a life. And I think consistent funding, if it saves lives, is money well spent.

However, these programs do not have stable funding.