I certainly hope, Mr. Chairman, that the Subcommittee will have an opportunity to examine that report with NOAA before considering any potential updates to law, policy, or regulations.
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Edwards emphasizes the importance of reviewing NOAA's report before making regulatory updates.
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I mean, one of my frustrations, frankly, has been since that I've been on this Committee and in Congress, we've been talking about NextGen as though it is going to be a transformation of the industry.
The collection of Earth observations data has been enabled by sustained Federal investments-investments that I hope we will continue to sustain even in the midst of budgetary constraints.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the witnesses too and for your patience.
And I would like us as Members of Congress to step aside, make sure that we provide you the resources that you need, and expect that we may not know the value of that for 50 years in the running. And I am indeed okay with that.





