01/27/2010
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"I am concerned about delays. I am also concerned that if we shortchange what we need to do now, we will pay later, either in late deployment of very important weather information, or we will pay more ..."
"Is this one of the top flashing lights for the next Secretary of Commerce to stand sentry over?"
"Now under JPSS, under the continuing resolution, we give JPSS $380 million. We understand that the need could be as much as $900 million."
"I don't want a boondoggle in terms of the lack of weather coverage, and I don't want a fiscal boondoggle where, because we are not smart now, we pay huge amounts."