Gary Peters

My vote was not recorded on rollcall No. 604 on H.R. 849--The Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act due to my attendance at the Vatican's Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and…

All data, both observations and forecast products, that are not subject to lawful redistribution restrictions, should be accessible to the U.S. taxpayers.

It is my belief that it is in the American taxpayer's best interest for NOAA to continue to communicate this information directly to the public.

Well, if those were part of the campaign, I will take that for what that is worth. I appreciate that.

I think there are more offices at NASA than there are folks in your congressional office, for example.

I think part of the reason why NASA is, without question, one of the preeminent scientific organizations in the world.

So basically we should depoliticize the Administrator of NASA.

Well, I appreciate your candor.

I think those are all really good thoughts. I look forward to working with you on those issues going forward.

I would rather have grants to hire and train proper staffing than to buy equipment.

I think there are a lot of lessons learned from that disaster as well that means that we need to take a hard look at the Stafford Act.

Do you think it is time for us to take a look at the Stafford Act?

Thank you to each of you for the work you are doing in these disasters.

And, obviously, with long-term funding, we have to have local government, State government engaged.

The challenge is when the cameras stop covering the event and these folks have to deal with these disasters for many years in the future.

This category will allow for a more accurate representation of these communities in our country and economy.

I certainly hope that you are able to address this issue sooner rather than later.

This is an incredibly important program for the Federal Government. We have to get it right.

I sent a letter to you recently along with a number of my colleagues urging that you and the President come to a prompt conclusion on the steel and aluminum 232 reviews.

We have to deploy them as quickly as possible, and they are coming a whole lot quicker than I think the American public realizes.

I have also heard directly from engineers at American automakers who believe that the best drivetrain for self-driving cars will be electric.

I helped introduce the Scientific Integrity Act at the beginning of this Congress due to our concern that this administration could seek to suppress scientific findings.

It is incredibly important that we think about American workers and American jobs first.

We will continue to do that.

That funding helps clean up toxic sites around the Great Lakes and abandoned industrial sites.