side, but i said, madam speaker, -- i said, madam secretary, this is unbelievable that no one has i vailed themselveses of the the american flagged vessels who have ready, who have equipment, we should not be engaged in florida or other states in having that oil up on our shores, we had the capability that's not even been utilized today, so this was my letter my plea to the secretary, and i'm shocked and disappointed. the other thing is too, there seems to be a conflict. last night we heard the president say that we have been in charge. he's in charge, as the commander in chief, under the oil spill recovery act that we passed in 1990 after exxon valdez, it's pretty clear the chain of command. but fat allen who is in charge of this, in charge of the spill cleanup, he said that we do not have the capability, the united states government does not have the capability. he said that over and over again , that the private sector has this capability. here again we have u.s. flag vessels that can do the cleanup, haven't gotten the call. still waiting. the jones acc, they could have waived and allow