The members of the Friends of NOAA Coalition appreciate the severe budgetary constraints under which the Congress is working. However, we also believe that NOAA and its partners directly contribute to the health, safety, and continued economic competitiveness of our country. Therefore, the Coalition urges the Congress to recognize the importance of NOAA – and the information it produces and services it provides – by fully supporting an appropriation of at least $4.5 billion (again, only about $15/American annually) and legislation to codify and strengthen the agency as the legislative and congressional budget processes go forward over the coming months…

FY08 2007-03-22 FoNOAA Testimony before House SciTech E&E re- FY08 NOAA Approps