Melanie Stansbury actually said...

"el agua es la vida, and it is part and parcel of our cultures and ways of life, our economy, and the future of our state."

"it is so vital that we are able to accurately model and develop tools and technologies, and to really translate and deliver that information to our community so that it can inform their decisionmaking..."

"the National Weather Service plays such a pivotal role not just in weather forecasting, but increasingly in climate forecasting."

"As we all know, our communities are already experiencing the impacts of climate change, as many have said today, and extreme weather events, and these events are becoming more frequent all across the ..."