security and justice of the government accountability office who is accompanied by marion dengan colley, the acting director of health care, and mike mcdaniel for us, the director of the houston high intensity drug trafficking area who was ably introduced by representative cloud. and i thank them for participating in today's hearing. if you all would please stand and raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? you may be seated. let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative, and i want to thank you. now the microphones are very sensitive, so please speak into them directly. make sure you turn them on when you get ready to talk. without objection, your written statements will be made a part of the record. with that, director carroll, you are now recognized to give your opening presentation, and again, i try to be flexible with our witnesses, so that you can get out what you want to say, but i'd like you to keep it within the five minutes, but i'll try