through debbie hagan, her rshgable assistant and through own leadership and through her courage, you know, i don't think we see as much political courage today as we should. but we saw a lot with lisa. and she stood and supported and worked on this agreement under verytime. that's good stuff, lisa. and we respect it and admire you for that. george jefferson of connecticut who is here with us was on the negotiating committee and did a great job. attorney general dustin mcdaniel of arkansas, attorney general doug dansler of maryland, greg zeller of indiana are also here. they contributed in this effort as well. so we have this great group of attorney generals working on a

patrick madigan from my office, debbie hagan of illinois. i mentioned debbie. matt budzig of connecticut. phil layman of north carolina, vicki butler of florida, jim gaross of texas, dave huey of washington and andy mccollin of colorado. they were the work horses on all of this. and then for the last seven years we've had another remarkable relationship. that's with the state banking regulators. we worked with them on the ameriquest case, household case, task force to deal with and prevent foreclosure. john ryan, their executive director is here. he has a great relationship party. party means nothing. and, you know, i keep trying to think of myself as a relatively young man. but i've been attorney general for 30 years. and during that time, i've had a lot of -- involved in a lot of multistates that work with the federal government, work with the federal government in a lot of ways. and have had good relationships and sometime not so good relationships working with the feds. that may surprise you. but it's true. but all -- of all that time, i've never seen such