it's life or death at this point. basically, they are asking for the federal government to get involved. the pandemic is unprecedented. it's the first time in the united states history when all 50 states are what we call "activated" in terms of their emergency operation centers. with covid-19, it's like we have 54 separate hurricanes in every state, territory, and the district of colombia. you need the federal government surging resources, using the defense production act to get more respirators, get more masks, get more gloves to our health professionals. governors must be doing a lot of this work, and they are doing a lot of this work. federal government's not supposed to be out there buying vast amounts of items and then shipping. you know, we're not a shipping clerk. the states started to compete with each other for getting masks, getting ppe. why would you create a situation where the 50 states are competing with each other? and then the federal government, through fema, comes in and competes with the rest of it. the governors thought the federal government was gonna come to their rescue.