this was a clear focus of ours from a bipartisan perspective to it is why i asked ann kuster to be my cochair. i wanted to bring people together. people in the bipartisan task force spearheaded through the house of representatives, the carol legislation. all past bipartisanly. we made some minor changes, got it to the president's desk. and we started funding in september. josh: let's talk about a topical issue. we are taping this writer. hurricane matthew continues to turn o t katrina and situations where the auto government's -- federal government's response was not as fast as it should have been. do you look at this and think the necessary change has been made for emergencies? rep. guinta: when i was mayor, when we had the 100 years storm mother's day. it was the weekend my wife and i moved into our home. the next day, i left for three the worst storm we had had in 100 years. i think we are better prepared as a city, state, country for these kinds of natural disasters. the rule we need to play is immediately identify them as a disaster. provide not just human resources but financial