04/30/2014
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"Those 3 months are really the follow-up months."
"But, the Secretary referenced that, on March 22, he'll have a picture of how the returns are going."
"Close to a $9 billion appropriations request, $5 billion of that in NOAA; and of that, 35 percent, this satellite program that seems vociferous."
"And we wonder, are we going to see more escalating costs, and then you--or Dr. Lubchenco--has to go to other services, like the Weather Service, which we're so dependent upon, to pay for the increase ..."