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Byron Dorgan: “Is it correct to say that the fact that specific funds are being provided to the National Weather Service to maintain…”

On the recordOctober 21, 1998
Is it correct to say that the fact that specific funds are being provided to the National Weather Service to maintain operations at the offices which were identified in the 1995 Secretary's report signals that the Congress expects these offices to continue and that the NWS ought not to be taking any actions that would suggest that these offices will be closed?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Questioning funding and operational expectations for the National Weather Service.

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