Senator DeMint: No More Funds For Cost-Growth Plagued NPOESS

摘要

A U.S. senator who oversees the budget for a new weather satellite program warned government officials not to seek new money from Congress to cover cost overruns. Speaking during a March 30 hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation disaster prevention and prediction subcommittee, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), the subcommittee's chairman, threatened unspecified retaliation if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requests additional money to deal with the problems it has on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).