sure water infrastructure is advanced, best way we can improve partnerships with the states. the superfund sites as far as cleanup in key areas like the port of portland and butte, montana, will continue to be a focus and discuss that through the budgeting process. >> let me press you. should we expect layoffs of hundreds, if not thousands, full-time epa employees, cuts of enforcement of environmental protection regulations? >> i think, wolf, what could yo should expect, we're going to roll back the regulations that have been an overreach in the past. that's the focus in the near term and the budgeting process will play out. >> the majority of the epa budget goes to the states as you correctly point out. so if the budget is slashed, how are these states going to be able to enforce critically important regulations? >> wolf, the focus will be on making sure that the states are adequately funded with water infrastructure in these grant proposals that we've worked on for a number of years. as i indicated already this evening, that's going to be a continued focus of the agency, work for the budget ing process