AIBS joined nearly 500 organizations and businesses nationwide to urge Congress to oppose actions by the Trump administration to dismantle, privatize, or significantly diminish the critical services and functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
”[S]tatements and actions from the new administration indicate intent to downsize, break apart, or even eliminate NOAA,” the letter reads. “We remain gravely concerned about continued threats to the agency, including staff layoffs and intimidation, deep budget cuts, research censorship, and other actions that jeopardize its critical mission and services.”
The letter calls on Congress to champion efforts to strengthen NOAA and to reject efforts to dismantle or diminish the agency. “If not stopped, further action by the administration to interfere with NOAA’s critical services and mission could endanger our economy, health, public safety, and national security.”
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