in that case, we worked very closely with the justice department in efforts that led john p. sarbanes to their fine of more than a billion dollars. we -- >> i did not mention a manufacturer. you did. i want that to be clear. mr. chairman, i appreciate the time. i will yield back. >> thank you. recognize the gentleman from maryland for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just have a question about your capacity as an agency and whether you feel that you have the resources you need to do the job and what your capacity currently is in terms of reinforcing public disclosure and encouraging greater transparency and looking at this particular incident that we're investigating or that we're having testimony on today, would enhanced capacity, additional staff dedicated to the office of david j. friedman defect investigations to the early warning reporting nd so forth, would that have assisted your agency in this instance and then more broadly if you could speak to your capacity, that would be helpful. >> the simple and state forward answer is, yes. we are a small agency that i would a

i would will submit them in john p. sarbanes writing. we would like an answer before the end of the year. yield back. >> yes. >> thank you. chair now recognizes gentleman from maryland. i'm sorry. yeah. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. mr. shimizu, takata, as i understand, has agreed to the recall at its expense with respect to both driver side and passenger side air bags within the region where there are high absolute humidity, is that correct? >> yes, and you said to congressman waxman a moment ago that you do not yet know the root cause of the defect or the problem with the deployment of those air bags with respect to hat regional recall. is that correct? >> congressman. we don't identify the root cause yet. that's why we continue collecting the data. we have strong opinion that is a fact will contribute to this defect. >> ok. >> which is high humidity and temperature. >> mr. chairman, i'm glad to take more time than you want to give me, but the timer is not running. just thought -- um, that was a courtesy. i'll give