Elijah Cummings actually said...

I am glad you are there. And I don't know how many people could stand the pressure of what you are dealing with.

That is very significant because basically what you are saying is in those urgent situations, first of all, you try to prevent them;

I don't want this moment to go by without acknowledging what you all have accomplished. It has been just short of extraordinary.

Particularly in this economic climate, bureaucratic delays that may threaten a mariner's ability to work are completely unacceptable.