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Neil Jacobs, Trump's nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, testified before the Senate.
Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.
Neil Jacobs, who was embroiled in ‘Sharpiegate’ during the first Trump administration, says he supports proposed major cuts to the agency he would run but wouldn’t sign off on inaccurate information under political pressure.
Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in Texas left more than 100 dead.
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called staffing NOAA weather offices a "top priority" — but also supported propose budget cuts at the agency.
On Wednesday, some of the nation’s top hurricane scientists joined House Democrats for a virtual press conference to sound the alarm on proposed budget cuts that would severely degrade hurricane monitoring and forecasting.
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration testified Wednesday his top priorities in the job would include improving forecast accuracy and staffing National Weather Service offices.
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