,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eeh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#ag1 #bjbe,mr4 ,whitehouse 7for himself1
 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4   
,schatz1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,van        
,hollen1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,ms4 ,smith1  
,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4 ,welch1 and ,ms4    
,blunt ,rochester7 submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,commerce1        
,science1 and ,transportation           
,,resolution  ,recognizing that climate 
change-driven extreme weather events are
 increasing at the same time that the   
government is dismantling weather       
monitoring and alert systems4  ,whereas 
climate change drives and exacerbates   
extreme weather and disaster events2    
,whereas peer-reviewed science has      
established that climate change         
intensifies hurricanes and drives       
increased coastal flooding1 erosion1 and
 damage2 ,whereas climate change drives 
dangerously heavy rainfall1 which can   

cause life-threatening flooding both in 
coastal and inland communities2 and     
,whereas the ,national ,weather ,service
 has lost more than #eej employees since
 ,president ,trump took office in       
,january #bjbe1 due primarily to layoffs
 and buyouts1 and the administration has
 sought #b1bjj1jjj1jjj in budget cuts to
 the ,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric
 ,administration1 which houses the      
,national ,weather ,service3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate--    
7#a7 acknowledges that climate change   
drives and exacerbates life-threatening 
extreme weather events2  7#b7 mourns the
 loss of innocent lives to these events2
 and  7#c7 acknowledges the need to fund
 and maintain weather monitoring and    
alert systems1 and ensure adequate      
staffing at the ,national ,weather      
,service4