contingency occurring at the same time as deepwater horizon so i was able to redeploy buoy tenders from cordo cordova, alaska, and marshall those resources into the gulf. we were able to do the same during the earthquake in haiti though some of those ships did have maintenance challenges and we did the same during hurricane katrina. so the challenge we face in the maritime security due main is what if we have multiple threats, what if we have a turn and then we have a threat to national security, taking place concurrently. that's where we really run into resource challenges because we have to reallocate resources from one mission to another. and we are at risk because we don't have the resources to do both. >> thank you, gentlemen. we rock the chairman of the full committee, mr. mica for five minutes. >> to my friends at tsa and otter witnesses since my last hearing which was with the appropriations subcommittee, i was not a member, am not a member of that subcommittee but was allowed to ask questions as we have extended others not on our committee. and we -- >> we recommend that system to all commit