I will bet they have screwed up before and I will bet we have hired the same folks that screwed up before to do another screwup.

I think I have been through too many of these. Electronic health records are now standard in virtually every health system in the Nation. And every one of them have made mistakes and in most every system the first effort failed. But we…

We can avoid that, I think, by working together here.

Somebody ought to be accountable here. We are holding the Coast Guard accountable, but the contractor also screwed up. I want to know who screwed up.

Well, we are towards the end of January here, and I suppose you have a tracking system in place so that you know that there are improvements underway?

The question is, why are we back with the same recommendations to address the tragedy of the El Faro?

Our role here with regard to the Coast Guard is to make sure they are doing their task of maritime safety.

If you have a system in place to improve the review and oversight not only of the work you--that the Coast Guard is doing, but also of the various organizations to whom you have assigned responsibility, this committee would like to have…

The chairman was pushing the point, I think correctly, that you ought to be using the same system as the Department of Defense.

I would appreciate it if you could provide to the committee a continuous update on the progress by both the Coast Guard and the shipping industry in addressing the multiple recommendations that you have made.

Let's get on with the hearing. Without objection, my testimony will be in the record.

The disaster supplemental has a very special opportunity for certain parts of the Nation.