now, some of those cases were not settled by ken fineberg, and all of this money b.p. has paid-- not taxpayers. b.p. is paying every dime, and on top of that, they're paying penaltiepenalties to boot. this is not taxpayers. but in the court, there are some major lawsuits going on in the courts down here to settle big, private claims, andhen coursen congress, we have our bill that b.p., when they pay their big oil penalty, which is $1,000, or $4200 for every barrel they special we want that money reinvested in the coast and our environment. >> susie: i want to ask one quick question before we leave you. are people in louisiana prepared if some kind of crisis like this happens in the future? is your response time going to be quicker? >> i think so. the question is, is the whole gulf coast better prepared? and the answer is,'re, yes, we're better prepared. we drilled 40,000 wells, and this is the first time a major incident has happened. we can never 100% guarantee this will never happen again, but we can put smart regulations on and get the money invested well and wisely