we've got administrator fugate and laurie. thank you all for coming. thank you for your work on behalf of kids and for your work not only individually, but with your agency's work with the commission. want brief statements from each of you, and then we'll open it off with questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. talk is cheap in dc, and i was given a slew of talking points, but it's a disaster. . that's the crook of the matter. we look back at katrina and we see a lot of things that could have been done differently, and the steps we take with fema you are well aware of, and you know we have a ways to go. i think the emphasis we place on children is to look a 9 this as part of the community as a whole. as you point out, 25% of the population is made up of children, but you look at a plan enrequirements for planning, it's the first strike against making sure weir successful. we've been rewriting the basic documents, community preparedness guide 101. we are sure children are included in it not as an afterthought, but it's in there you to know what children'