The organizations listed on this letter are supporters, stakeholders, unionized employees and partners of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Collectively we make up the Friends of NOAA Coalition. As you prepare to conference on the FY08 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Act, we wish to offer our collective support for NOAA. The House bill recommended a total of $4.0 billion and the Senate bill recommends $4.2 billion. We urge the conferees to support NOAA at the level recommended by the Senate…