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The resolution calls attention to restoring NOAA/NWS capacity to improve forecasts, warnings, and climate resilience for vulnerable communities, but doing so would require increased federal spending and leaves communities at risk until funding and staffing are actually restored.
Coastal, rural, and inland communities — and the local governments and health systems that serve them — would get stronger weather forecasting and earlier warnings if NOAA/NWS staffing losses and budget cuts are reversed, improving emergency response and reducing harm from storms and floods.
Communities would benefit from greater federal support for climate adaptation and resilience planning as findings justify more investment in infrastructure and preparedness.
Until funding and staffing are restored, reduced NWS staffing and proposed NOAA budget cuts could weaken forecast and warning capacity, increasing flood and storm risks for communities.
Federal taxpayers could face higher costs if Congress increases NOAA/NWS funding to restore staff and capabilities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Records findings that climate change is worsening extreme weather and flooding and notes NWS lost 550+ employees since Jan 2025 amid proposed $2.2B NOAA budget cuts.
Introduced December 17, 2025 by Sheldon Whitehouse · Last progress December 17, 2025
Expresses findings that climate change is increasing and worsening extreme weather — including stronger hurricanes, heavier rainfall, and more damaging coastal and inland flooding — and raises concern about reduced forecasting capacity after the National Weather Service lost more than 550 employees since January 2025. It also notes that the administration sought $2,200,000,000 in budget cuts to NOAA, which houses the National Weather Service. The resolution is a statement of concern about climate-driven risks and about staffing and budget trends at weather and ocean agencies; it does not itself change law or funding but records these findings for Congress and the public.