A resolution recognizing that climate change-driven extreme weather events are increasing at the same time that the government is dismantling weather monitoring and alert systems.
This Senate resolution (SRES 558) recognizes the growing link between climate change and increasingly severe weather events while highlighting reduced staffing and funding for weather monitoring. It cites scientific consensus that climate change intensifies hurricanes, flooding, and heavy rainfall, and notes the National Weather Service has lost over 550 employees since 2025 with proposed $2.2 billion NOAA budget cuts. The resolution formally acknowledges climate-driven weather risks, mourns lives lost to such events, and calls for maintaining adequate funding and staffing for weather monitoring systems. As a non-binding resolution, it expresses the Senate's position but does not create new policy or funding.
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Introduced Dec 17, 2025
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Dec 17, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Dec 17, 2025
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Sheldon Whitehouse
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
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Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
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Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
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Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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Lisa Blunt Rochester
DDemocratic
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Peter Welch
DDemocratic
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Tammy Duckworth
DDemocratic
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Tina Smith
DDemocratic
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