dr. livingstone. examples of anf old investigation to remove anyone from an agency, any specific examples? mr. livingston: i know the investigation used against miami was an instrument to forward a complaint. those are two examples. rep. grothman: and how would you get yourself in trouble that they go after you? mr. livingston: anytime you go against the grain or report misconduct or say on paper, if you go against the favored misconductyou report , if you report sexual harassment, if you report security violations. if you do anything against the talk to your or anything -- the against the go grain, you identify yourself as a nonplayer. if you don't shut up, you don't move up. rep. grothman: for the mentality is not to do the best job they can, at what tsh should be doing. it is respect to the people at the top. mr. livingston: yes, and i come from the dod background of every day is a learning opportunity. we always do an exercise, we learned from that mistake. if you don't say something, you are consi

dr. livingston. i presume you may have a comment. >> sir, full disclosure, just like my partner to the left, we're from the same area as well. >> i'm from hackleburg, alabama and i live in hoover. by the way, today is the five-year anniversary of the tornados that went through alabama with such devastating impact. >> wow, okay. >> thank the gentleman. did you want to finish your response? >> yes, sir. to answer your question, there needs to be greater oversights. i was part of the office that identified that original 73. we didn't have access to the list. i was actually part of the team that decided we needed to notify ntct to say we didn't have access to that database. i've been part of the team that identified we need to do a better job at screening. so there is an opportunity to do better screening and for tsa to do better monetary discipline. i identified the $10 million excess spent on a watch floor. so yes, sir, there is an opportunity to be more prudent with the taxpayers' money. any time you