Abstract
With more than 70% of the United States currently classified as being anywhere from abnormally dry to experiencing exceptional drought—according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a consensus product of U.S. federal and academic scientists—witnesses at a 25 July U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing expressed concern about the impact of the drought and voiced strong support for reauthorizing the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). Republican and Democratic members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee also expressed their support for NIDIS, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Program Office and is currently authorized through 2012. However, members of Congress expressed differing perspectives about the potential relationship between climate change and extreme events such as drought.
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