{"id":2018512,"date":"2023-08-31T18:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-hits-biden-for-prioritizing-woke-initiatives-over-hurricane-hunting-aircraft\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T18:33:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:33:48","slug":"cruz-hits-biden-for-prioritizing-woke-initiatives-over-hurricane-hunting-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-hits-biden-for-prioritizing-woke-initiatives-over-hurricane-hunting-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz criticizes Biden for favoring &#8216;woke initiatives&#8217; over hurricane-tracking planes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-hits-biden-for-prioritizing-woke-initiatives-over-hurricane-hunting-aircraft%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sen. Ted Cruz Raises Concerns Over Lack of Funding for Hurricane-Hunting\u200b Aircraft<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is highlighting a critical issue regarding the Biden administration&#8217;s budget. Earlier this year,\u2063 the \u2062administration did not allocate funds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric\u2064 Administration&#8217;s (NOAA) hurricane-hunting aircraft. This \u2064concern arises after all three planes were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-half-of-f-22-raptors-are-combat-effective\/\" title=\"Only Half of F-22 Raptors are \u201cCombat Effective\u201d\">grounded due<\/a>\u200d to repair \u2062issues just hours before Hurricane Idalia hit Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>NOAA alerted members of Congress on Wednesday\u2063 night \u2062that all three aircraft, which collect critical storm data \u2062essential to forecasters, were experiencing mechanical\u2062 issues in the final hours ahead of \u200cthe \u200cstorm&#8217;s landfall.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The other \u200cWP-3D Orion (N43RF), which had \u200dbeen conducting \u200cback-to-back, \u200dround-the-clock\u200d research missions for 11 of \u200cthe past \u206412 days on Hurricanes Franklin and Idalia,\u200b experienced a \u200dmechanical\u200c issue, forcing\u2063 the cancellation of a mission this morning to collect data\u200c on Hurricane Idalia,&#8221; said an email sent to congressional offices.<\/p>\n<p>NOAA emphasized that despite\u200d the\u2063 grounding of\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-hurricane-ian-bearing-down-on-florida-the-u-s-military-prepares\/\" title=\"With Hurricane Ian Bearing Down on Florida, the U.S. Military Prepares\">hurricane hunter aircraft<\/a>, they were able\u2064 to \u200bgather information from satellites, weather\u200d buoys, and observing platforms in \u2064and on the ocean, along with \u200bother\u2062 data sources like the National Weather Service&#8217;s Doppler radar.<\/p>\n<h3>Cruz&#8217;s Concerns and Budget Allocation<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;NOAA&#8217;s hurricane hunting\u2064 aircraft grounded due to repairs,&#8221; \u2063Cruz posted on X,\u2064 formerly known as \u200dTwitter. &#8220;Reminder: Biden&#8217;s budget includes\u200c ZERO dollars for these aircraft. Biden&#8217;s NOAA\u2062 budget request DID include\u2062 $9.1M for woke\u200d initiatives focused on \u200benvironmental justice &#038; equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Texas\u2063 senator referred to the president&#8217;s budget request to Congress earlier this year, \u200dwhich\u200b sought $9.1\u200d million\u200c to enhance &#8220;capabilities and knowledge sharing in coastal communities, \u2064and invest in science and management efforts in underserved U.S.\u2064 Pacific and Caribbean territories.&#8221; This aligns with\u200b the administration&#8217;s commitment to advancing\u200c racial \u2064equity and supporting \u2062underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p>The mechanical issues with the planes have\u2062 raised concerns among members of Congress and their staff regarding the reliability of this crucial forecasting tool, especially during \u2063what is expected to be\u200b an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-national-guard-faces-second-year-of-seeing-net-loss-of-soldiers\/\" title=\"Army National Guard Faces Second Year of Seeing Net Loss of Soldiers\">active hurricane season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;NOAA&#8217;s statement on \u2064the grounding of Hurricane hunter aircraft downplays \u200bhow bad this situation was. NOAA Corps had a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-hits-biden-for-prioritizing-woke-initiatives-over-hurricane-hunting-aircraft\/\" title=\"Cruz criticizes Biden for favoring 'woke initiatives' over hurricane-tracking planes.\">single plane flying 24-hour laps<\/a> through\u200d the storm for the last couple of days, plus the \u200dsame crew has been flying for 11\u2063 out of the last\u2062 12 days,&#8221; said a\u200c Senate Commerce Republican aide \u2064speaking on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Flying through \u2062a hurricane\u2063 is \u2064hard on both the plane and the \u2063crew, and flying this schedule\u2064 is a recipe for failure, either of the plane or the \u200dcrew members due to exhaustion. We were\u2063 one broken switch \u200daway\u2064 from having zero hurricane hunters in the\u2063 sky as a major storm approached. We heard\u200c from the NOAA Hurricane center that a lack of data\u2062 from these planes decreases their ability to predict the size and path of the storm,&#8221; the aide \u2062added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The three hurricane-hunter\u200b planes\u2063 are nearing the end of their life cycle, with \u2064two of them \u2064in service since\u2064 the 1970s and the other\u200c since the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re going to have to \u200bbe retired \u2063by 2030, if not sooner,&#8221; a former senior NOAA official told the \u200dWashington Post. &#8220;It really \u2062depends on how many flights they do. So if we have\u2064 a couple of active seasons, they&#8217;re going\u200c to hit their end of life a lot sooner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s budget serves as a blueprint\u2063 for Congress\u2064 to consider while \u2064working on funding the government in \u2064the coming weeks. \u200bIt remains uncertain whether lawmakers plan to allocate additional funding for the planes in the \u2063latest government\u2062 funding package.<\/p>\n<p>NOAA has presented \u2064plans to acquire\u2063 four \u2063C-130 planes in their\u2063 2022 aircraft plan. The agency aims to replace two P-3s currently in \u200cservice and obtain &#8220;one additional aircraft to\u200b meet the\u2064 expanding airborne data requirements and objectives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK\u2064 HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) highlights that the Biden administration neglected to allocate funds for NOAA&#8217;s hurricane-hunting aircraft in this year&#8217;s budget. This concern arises as all three planes were grounded due to repair problems just hours before Idalia struck Florida. 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