Maria Cantwell actually said...

Taxpayers deserve better, and I intend to make sure that NOAA, the Department of Commerce, and the Federal Government are held to this high ...

If the Administration continues to propose inadequate funding for NOAA, we are at risk of losing much as a nation.

The Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for NOAA, while a step in the right direction, falls far short of the funding necessary.

I think all politics are local, and you can see that the economic impact that NOAA has on communities around our country are real.