[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2095]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SUPPORT FUNDING OF NOAA

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the NOAA budget 
cuts in the continuing resolution before us in the House today.
  Slashing NOAA's funding by 22 percent will put lives, property, and 
critical infrastructure in jeopardy by diminishing our ability to 
respond to disasters like the gulf oil spill and to conduct safe 
evacuations in advance of weather emergencies.
  Also, marine sanctuaries would be inevitably cut, and those 
sanctuaries are so essential to a healthy coastal environment, and to 
the fishermen and to the tourism economies along our coasts.
  Cutting NOAA funding will also sacrifice the science and technology 
investments that we need to win the future and to maintain robust 
funding for this vital agency.

                          ____________________