He should have turned the ship in a different direction.

I should announce that the hearing is adjourned.

I applaud your efforts and have been very happy that NOAA has contributed technical drafting assistance to your staff.

The investigators were unanimous in this conclusion.

The report points that--to the fact that the captain did not use the most currently available weather information.

My home State of Mississippi is especially vulnerable to natural disasters, and the memory of Hurricane Katrina still remains fresh.

So would you explain that to members of the Committee and to the public who are listening to us today?

Well, it's just an awful tragedy. And you hate to bring up these matters of human error, but we might as well talk about them.

This is the very reason we're having this hearing. Thank you very much for emphasizing that.

There are hundreds of stories like that.

We're going to allow members two weeks to submit questions for the record.

With President Trump signing the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, have the attitudes or the morale in NASA, how would you gauge that as the administrator?

The Trump administration's budget request for fiscal year 2019 is woefully inadequate to the point of undermining TSA's ability to carry out its mission.

So you support the President's budget, but you don't have the money to pay your employees.

It is my hope that your Department will remain committed to work to ensure that the Center is rebuilt to full capacity.

I am a strong supporter of the VIPR teams, but we just can't afford to continue to provide that level of support.

After seeing how weak the previous Administration was on crime, I am happy to see this Administration makes steps to toughen up on criminal and gang activity.

H.R. 2309, the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act, introduced by Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY), repeals the authority of TSA to…