I couldn't agree with you more and I see it in my children's textbooks that they bring home.

I want to thank you again for holding the hearing. And I am going to apologize to Mr. Royer and Mr. Erby right up front for the false promise that the American government has made to your companies.

It just makes sense; it makes you feel very proud.

I want to welcome everyone to this afternoon's hearing to gain a better understanding of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's approach to procuring data for weather forecasting.

We all recognize three things about NOAA and weather forecasting in the future: First, recent severe storms have reaffirmed that we need to focus limited NOAA resources on preventing the loss of lives and property.

NOAA's 'tough choices' have resulted in placing nearly all of its eggs in a single basket: satellite systems fraught with a long history of major problems.

we are eating our seed corn. That is my great concern about our budget for research.

Welcome to today's hearing entitled 'An Overview of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency Budgets for Fiscal Year 2013.'

I have little confidence in EPA's ability to conduct trusted, quality science in this area.

The Subcommittee on Energy and Environment will come to order.

I am afraid we are not making tough choices.