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Witnesses warn NOAA staffing and research cuts risk forecasting capacity
Summary
Witnesses at the House Science subcommittee hearing said proposed budget cuts and recent workforce reductions at NOAA threaten core research, cooperative institutes and long-term forecasting capabilities vital to public safety.
Ranking Member Amo told the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment that recent disasters and personnel losses at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) demonstrate an urgent need to shore up research and staffing.
The hearing, Protecting Lives and Property, Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Enhance Weather Forecasting, focused in part on administration budget proposals and recent workforce reductions at NOAA. "This administration has already haphazardly gutted 15% of the National Weather Service's workforce," Ranking Member Amo said during her opening statement.
Why it matters: Witnesses and members said long-term research and the workforce that produces and interprets federal weather data are essential to accurate…
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