[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 14 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 11, 1994]
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                     RESTORATION OF LANDSAT FUNDING

  Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I thank the conferees of the emergency 
supplemental appropriations bill for their efforts to ensure the 
inclusion of funds for the Landsat 7 satellite. Most important, their 
efforts saved the Landsat program without any spending increases.
  The Landsat program is very important to this country. Despite the 
controversy about some space programs, Landsat and other global change 
research projects receive wide support. I come from the State of South 
Dakota, where the EROS DATA Center receives the Landsat signals. EROS 
provides very important information for agriculture, mining, and urban 
planning and other global change research. For example, in South 
Dakota, native Americans are utilizing Landsat data to manage land and 
resources on their reservations.
  The administration also strongly supports the Landsat program. It was 
through, I believe, an oversight that it was not funded at the 
appropriate level.
  I also want to thank my colleague, Senator Rockefeller, for his 
support of this program and for joining me in writing and talking with 
the conferees. Again, I wish to thank the conferees very much for their 
prompt action in resolving the Landsat funding issue.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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