Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
In going through this report, it saddens me to think the senior administration at coast guard seems to be sitting there looking out the window rather than doing what they were supposed to do over the last number of years. This is a serious condemnation for the third time, fourth time, that you still aren't serious about getting the job done, and I'm getting a little bit upset about this.
I happened to read in the Auditor General's report, in paragraph 4.19, where it said, “A 1983”--25 years ago--“Auditor General's report raised a number of the same issues we raised in our 2000 and 2002 reports.” Here we are in 2008, and you can't get the job done. What's going on over there? Who's taking this job seriously?