We need to have U.S. leadership here and maintain that leadership, and I'm, again, very, very concerned.
Congress really needs to think holistically and long-term about supporting the sciences.
I want to start by aligning myself with Dr. Foster's comments about education and the message that these budgets cuts send.
Your work is to supplement or to augment, not to replace, the work of NOAA.
I was a proud cosponsor of that act and worked on it for actually several years.
We need to have discussions about the state of science at NOAA and the EPA and its leadership.
I look forward to continuing conversations about its implementation.
I look forward to the discussion with our witnesses today about the exciting technologies that they are working on.
I want to note that there's a lot of questions being asked today about NOAA.
Federal investment in policies can incentivize and drive the development of new, innovative technologies.
Thank you, Representative Bonamici, for the introduction.