mr. alterman? >> i think going back to your original question whether we are being counseled that in terms of the technology we need in our instance anyway, the answer is now yes and what may have been in the past i think you know, there may have been some problems. that is not what we see concentrating on. the dhs cargo working groups we are formed within the past years, one of those working groups, subworking groups as specifically on the technology and how we get it and what needs to be done and what is the monetary research and the industry is intimately involved in that so i think the answer to your question is we are sometimes frustrated because we want to know everything and we want to know it yesterday but with respect to the technology.we have got to a point where we are involved with that process. >> excellent and mr. witkowski? >> thank you mr. chairman. the afa has talked about several other important aviation security issues that need to be addressed. one of them is the communication d

mr. alterman? >> i think going back to your original question whether we are being counseled that in terms of the technology we need in our instance anyway, the answer is now yes and what may have been in the past i think you know, there may have been some problems. that is not what we see concentrating on. the dhs cargo working groups we are formed within the past years, one of those working groups, subworking groups as specifically on the technology and how we get it and what needs to be done and what is the monetary research and the industry is intimately involved in that so i think the answer to your question is we are sometimes frustrated because we want to know everything and we want to know it yesterday but with respect to the technology.we have got to a point where we are involved with that process. >> excellent and mr. witkowski? >> thank you mr. chairman. the afa has talked about several other important aviation security issues that need to be addressed. one of them is the communication d

mr. alterman? >> i think going back to your original question whether we are being counseled that in terms of the technology we need in our instance anyway, the answer is now yes and what may have been in the past i think you know, there may have been some problems. that is not what we see concentrating on. the dhs cargo working groups we are formed within the past years, one of those working groups, subworking groups as specifically on the technology and how we get it and what needs to be done and what is the monetary research and the industry is intimately involved in that so i think the answer to your question is we are sometimes frustrated because we want to know everything and we want to know it yesterday but with respect to the technology.we have got to a point where we are involved with that process. >> excellent and mr. witkowski? >> thank you mr. chairman. the afa has talked about several other important aviation security issues that need to be addressed. one of them is the communication d

mr. alterman and we are working to that end to do just that. the chair now recognizes our witness, mr.now recognizes mr. witkowski. >> thank you chairman rogers and ranking member jackson-lee for holding this hearing and allowing us to weigh in on the safety and security issues that are important to flight attendants and national security. and we thank mr.-- for being here as well. my name is christopher witkowski and i'm director of the health and security department of the association of flight attendants cwa who represent more than 60,000 flight attendants and 23 u.s. airlines. before i begin i would like to mention flight attendants and air an integral part of the crew in terms of safety and security and have been subjected to the same level of screening and background checks as pilots yet only pilots are being included in the test of the known crewmember screening process that allows expedited crewmember screening at security checkpoints. we thank the committee for their support of flight attendants and we hope this committee will continue to exert pressure on tsa to include fligh

alterman. i think it is incumbent upon the occ to maintain its independence as a bank regulatory agencies and remain free from any undue influence from any externals horse. >> mruenberg, a report by the government accountability office we call the gao as you know concluded that prompt corrective action has not prevented the sizable losses to the department of the insurance fund. the gao found that lead bank debt under wind prompt corrective actions because of the capitol field since 2008 has produced a loss to the insurance fund. the gao also found that the coming and i quote, the presence and timeliness of the enforcement actions were inconsistent. for example, more than 80 per cent of the banks that failed were on the regulatory watch list that you elude it to earlier for more than a year on average before failing. do you agree with the findings and what steps would you take as chairman to improve prompt corrective action and protective deposit insurance funds, would you do differently than we have been doing? >> thank you, senator. i do agree with the findings. i think one of the lessons we have learned from this crisis is the capitol tends to be a lagging