function, function competently and be responsive to their needs. and this is a time of need. and we'll see a tremendous outpouring by americans to be supportive and a lot of organizations, as you noted, but our federal government needs to be engaged, and competent in this situation. that's what president trump is trying to convey today at his visit, appropriately so. he is going to have to show some real feeling, some real empathy, to the people in texas that have been hit in this devastating manner and then it is going to have to be followed by real work, real support. i think we did a pretty good job at that under james lee witt with president clinton. we were able to balance the budget in the process, spend the money wisely and our government was smaller than at any time since john kennedy. that goes to the points that anita i thought very eloquently made in her comments. >> matt mccartney, and anita