Sen. Markey Issues Statement on Commerce Secretary Ross Threat to Terminate NOAA Staff
September 09, 2019
September 09, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement after media reports indicate Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross threatened to terminate staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after a National Weather Service office contradicted a false tweet from President Trump that asserted Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian:
"Science trumps false . . .
"Science trumps false . . .