i would also like to thank mrs. rover. i want to welcome the administrator. when i served at the subcommittee -- as a admiredttee chairman, i the technical expertise and the steady, determined leadership. theuding dealing with deepwater horizon oil spill. i'vesure he remembers -- called the coast guard back again and again to ensure accountability and every time, you were up to the task and i am so glad that you have been chosen for this task. i think him for his decades of service and i have fought president obama's decision to appoint him this critical position. when comes to the security of , we must always wish to stay ahead of the terrorists and anyone else who would do us harm. we must take nothing for granted. we must put the lessons we learned into urgent action. i have often said that so often, we spend a lot of time talking about testing and how things will work when we have an emergency. so often, what happens -- and we saw this to some degree and deepwater horizon -- there will come a time when we will see it worse. when that moment comes, so ofte

i would also like to thank mrs. rover. i want to welcome the administrator. when i served at the subcommittee -- as a admiredttee chairman, i the technical expertise and the steady, determined leadership. theuding dealing with deepwater horizon oil spill. i'vesure he remembers -- called the coast guard back again and again to ensure accountability and every time, you were up to the task and i am so glad that you have been chosen for this task. i think him for his decades of service and i have fought president obama's decision to appoint him this critical position. when comes to the security of , we must always wish to stay ahead of the terrorists and anyone else who would do us harm. we must take nothing for granted. we must put the lessons we learned into urgent action. i have often said that so often, we spend a lot of time talking about testing and how things will work when we have an emergency. so often, what happens -- and we saw this to some degree and deepwater horizon -- there will come a time when we will see it worse. when that moment comes, so ofte

mr. cummingss for five minutes. >> thank you very much. cumming minutes. >> thank you very much. director rover, when you were talking about the problems, i wrote two words. and i wrote the words culture gap. in other words, i think from just listening to you, a culture has been established and i think that culture is in part -- and i want you all to comment on this. i'm just listening and reading. you know, the chairman will tell you when we, in dealing with the coast guard -- not the coast guard but the secret service, one of the things that we worried about was a can culture of complacency. not just people are good people. but you get used to nobody jumping over the fence at the white house. because everything is going to be all right. so&so what happens is that people get so lulled and it's slow. it is a culture. and then, administrator, when you combine that with with this thing about making sure you get the people through quickly and you put the quickness over the mission, then i think you have a combination for problems. and i think those kind of problems are difficult to address. and i'

mr. coupummingscummings maryland for five minutes. >> thank you, for holding this important hearing. let me welcome roth, the inspector general. it's good to have you here again on this very critical issue. let me welcome miss rover from the government accountability office which does important and excellent work for the committee on this and many other topics. i also want to welcome administrator nefinger. when i served as the subcommittee chairman on the coast guard and maritime transportation subcommittee, i admired mr. nefinger's technical expertise and steady, determined leadership he brought to the coast guard's most significant challenges, including dealing with the horrible deep water horizon oil spill. i am sure he remembers how we would call the coast guard back again and again and again to ensure accountability, and every single time you were up to the task, and i am so, so glad that you've been chosen for this task. i thank him for his decades of service. and i applaud president obama's decision to appoint him to this very critical position. when it comes to the security of our allies and our flying public, we must always push to stay ahead of the terrorists and anyone else who would do us harm. we mu