I am not going to hide the truth. This provision was unknown to me when I voted for that, and when I found out that provision was in the bill, I immediately reached out to my Senate counterparts and told them of my concern.
Flood admits he was unaware of a controversial provision in the bill he supported.
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We’ve changed the policy across the country, and these temporary duty assignments are available for forecasters to go to all the other understaffed weather stations.
We protected a system that if it had gone unchecked, it would not have been long-term available for the very people that are the most vulnerable.
I would say that is not the majority opinion of most Nebraskans, however. Next question.
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