chairman, ranking member hutchis hutchison? >> let me start with the office of special council and also the relatively-large number, according to the special council, of whistleblowers at the faa. and what oversight measures are you putting in place in response to that report or what measures are you taking to assure that there is some way to assure that an air traffic controller isn't taking a nap on the job or leaving the tower, those kinds of things are obviously very troubling. how are you dealing with that? >> there are two things that you suggest, ranking member hutchison. first and foremost, every faa employee has a responsibility to ensure the safety of the traveling public. that means that they need to report to work fit for duty all the time, every day. the second thing is that we need to have an environment and a climate where anyone who sees that there is a potential safety risk in the system feels a safe environment to elevate that to higher leadership and in doing that, it ensures we're able to take strong and app