BUDD JOINS CRUZ & CANTWELL IN INTRODUCING BIPARTISAN BILL TO CODIFY NOAA'S HURRICANE HUNTER MISSION TO MORE ACCURATELY TRACK STORMS

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ted Budd issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), member of the Senate Commerce and Science Committee, joined committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in introducing the Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Recapitalization Act. The legislation will, for the first time, codify the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Hurricane Hunter mission in federal law and authorize up to nine Hurricane Hunter aircraft. It also includes provisions to better prepare the nation's first line of defense against stronger and more frequent hurricanes, atmospheric rivers, and winter storms.

"NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft play a pivotal role in gatherin...