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Ted Cruz Pushed For (And Got) More Cuts To National Weather Service &
NOAA In Big Turd Bill Just 3 Days Before TX Floods
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But before his Grecian holiday, Cruz ensured a reduction in funding to
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration�s (Noaa) efforts to
improve future weather forecasting of events that cause the sort of
extreme floods that are being worsened by the human-caused climate
crisis. Cruz inserted language into the Republicans� �big beautiful� reconciliation bill, prior to its signing by Donald Trump on Friday, that eliminates a $150m fund to �accelerate advances and improvements in
research, observation systems, modeling, forecasting, assessments, and dissemination of information to the public� around weather forecasting.
A further $50m in Noaa grants to study climate-related impacts on oceans, weather systems and coastal ecosystems was also removed. Cruz was
contacted by the Guardian with questions about these cuts and his trip to Greece.
Environmental groups said the slashed funding is just the latest blow to federal agencies tasked with predicting and responding to disasters such
as the Texas flood. More than 600 employees have exited the National
Weather Service amid a Trump administration push to shrink the government workforce, leaving many offices short-staffed of meteorologists and other support workers. Around a fifth of all full-time workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), meanwhile, are also set to depart.
�Ted Cruz has spent years doing big oil�s bidding, gutting climate
research, defunding Noaa, and weakening the very systems meant to warn
and protect the public,� said Cassidy DiPaola, communications director of Fossil Free Media. �That�s made disasters like this weekend�s flood in
Texas even more deadly. Now he�s doubling down, pushing through even more
cuts in the so-called big beautiful bill. Texans are dead and grieving,
and Cruz is protecting big oil instead of the people he�s supposed to represent. It�s disgraceful.�
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/ted-cruz-trump-weather- forecasting-cuts
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Staffing shortages at the National Weather Service are an ongoing concern
at offices across the country. The Trump administration also recently cut funding meant to help NWS warning coordination meteorologists travel for meetings and tabletop exercises with local authorities, Fahy said. These meetings, he said, help NWS staff members and emergency managers plan
together for extreme events.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/07/texas-flood-forecasts-accuracy- lives-lost-00441068
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