special girl, so like i said, the jersey shore's back in business. the work's not over, though. seven months ago i promises you that your country would have your back. i told you we would not quit until the job was done and i meant it. i meant it. craig fugate, the head of fema, he couldn't be here today. i want to thank him and his team for their ongoing work. fema was here before sandy made landfall. they're still here today pop working with the governor's team and task force i set up to support families and communities who still need help. since the storm hit, we've provided billions of dollars to families and state and local governments across the region, and more is on the way. and even as my team is helping communities recover from the last hurricane season, they're starting to prepare for the next hurricane season, which starts this saturday, because if there's one thing that we've learned last year it's that when a storm hits, we've got to be