NOAA: Surfing the Channels While Riding the Waves

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NOAA: Surfing the Channels While Riding the Waves

Abstract

From the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management led by Senator Rand Paul issued a weekly waste report looking at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) ship Fairweather and the $40,000 spending for television access. The report examines the Fairweather ship's 300 channel satellite subscription, the personal access to this television subscription of everyone on the ship. The report finds that the average American household only has 189 channels, and that the only satellite subscription that carries 300 channels is Dish's biggest channel package, which the report considers a wasteful expense.