As supporters, stakeholders, unionized employees and partners of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we are writing to request the Subcommittee’s support for an appropriation of $4.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2009 for NOAA. The Administration’s request of $4.1 billion is appreciated but the proposed and necessary increase in support for NOAA satellites comes at the expense of many of NOAA’s core programs…