On the recordMay 28, 2014
I have no objection to the amendment. And the gentleman's area has been hit. We have all seen the pictures of the towns in Oklahoma. So I appreciate his efforts and diligence. I just want Members to know the Commerce-Justice-Science bill already includes strong funding for the National Weather Service. The bill is $16 million above the request for the National Weather Service. We restore the $10 million proposed reduction for information technology officers at each weather forecast office. We restored a proposed $8 million cut to the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program. We restored $6 million in proposed cuts to the tsunami community education awareness program. But I think the gentleman makes a very, very powerful case, and we will work to make sure that this stays in until we go to conference. As he said, we can save lives. And that is what we want to do. With that, I accept the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
