play? >> of course. of course, there is. in any democratic civilized -- even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane in louisiana, the people of vermont are there for them. if there's a tornado in the midwest, we are there for them. if there's something in the east coast, the people in california are there for us. that is the concept of a nation. you can't do everything alone. we work together, and when disaster strikes, as one people, we come together to help our neighbors out. >> there is something about disaster that creates a sense of shared vulnerability. i'm here in new orleans, and we certainly, you know, yesterday were spending a lot of time thinking about what was happening to our fellow citizens on the east coast, so to the extent we are all one people, once congress reconvenes, do you think problems getting our body,