Elijah Cummings actually said...

Are these people, most of them, in the pipeline, or are they already assigned?

This is an astounding milestone and one of which the Coast Guard and, indeed, the entire Nation are rightfully proud.

Thank you very much. And thank you, gentlemen, for your excellent testimony.

I do believe that sometimes--it is not your office--I will be very brief, Mr. Chairman--that we operate, sadly, in a culture of mediocrity i...