Elijah Cummings actually said...

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.

We can take the resources that we have and, with proper planning, use them more effectively and efficiently.