she is a good friend and neighbor of haiti and i want to thank barbara ley as well, one of my close friendsnd extraordinary leader at the congressional black caucus. we have traveled a lot together. the first trip i took as majority leader we went to darfur and some other places. we went to egypt. she is doing an extraordinary job leading our caucus. you know that the administration of you hours ago sent down its $2.8 billion supplemental for haiti. we will be addressing that as soon as we get back so that we can play our part as we have been in responding. if you days after the earthquake is all of you know an article appeared in the los angeles daily news telling the story of a california firefighters who traveled to port-au-prince to save lives. they were bone weary from digging through the rubble for five hours losing faith fast when the cheering began. it was like a shot of adrenaline. usa. usa. large haitian crowd standing in the street as fire captain bill monaghan and is surge dog rescue team freed a young woman trapped under collapsed building where she had been for five days. bill