banks to nazi war who came in on the election of president obama and appointment of secretary janice napolitano step did in the interim and was immediately able to make a tremendous difference of improvement. i know you are happy with what she was able to do but i want to read knowledge that and thank you for being the formal an official director and look forward to your remarks. >> thank you, madam chairman, senator landrieu, there is always the first time to testify a lot of formalities i have submitted written testimony by walt try to keep the short because i would rather have the questions and have the dialogue. i am pleased to be here to represent homeland security and the federal emergency management agency for preparations for 2009. i appreciate to come before you the leadership, the committee work in identifying as a nation where to go. that talks about changing how we want to approach things. we at fema believe our role is to ensure we are working together resignation to build and sustain and improve our capabilities, prepare for, respond to, recover from against all hazards the key th