i also wanted to thank leona for all the support she's given me over the years. we're working on our 49th wedding anniversary. i told this story one time and she told me never to tell it again. one time this lady asked her, what do you contribute to the longevity of your marriage? i said our honeymoon. i said, well, what did you do on your honeymoon? well, we took this mule ride down the grand canyon. about halfway down, that mule stumbled, and i heard her say that's once. we got down, and the mule stumbled, and she said that's twice. the mule stumbled, and she pulls a pistol out. and i said why did you do that? and she said, that's once. this little lady came up after the speech and said, did you really shoot that mule? but i want to thank senator david prior, because i never will forget when i was director in arkansas, we had this flood, and we had some house trailers on the inside of the levee between the rive river and the levee. and fema was the nine assistants for those people. and so senator david prior and senator dale bumpers had me to come to washington

leona came out and volunteered her time. cnn was always after her to do an interview and she would hide from them. [laughter] it was unbelievable. the first lady, hillary clinton, came out today to agree to this one community that had all historical homes on it. -- came out and we took her to this one community that had all the store opens on it. it was a rolling earthquake. we came down one block. there was one house sitting on another block with no damage. there were still living in their house. the guy came out and mrs. clinton asked him, you have no damage. what did you do? he said, i went down to the library and i checked out a videotape from fema, and it showed how to retrofit the house for an earthquake. i did it myself. i spent $1,000. the biggest problem we have in this country, particularly for earthquakes and countries, is the fact is we have inherited a traditional stock of buildings that were built before there were building codes and standards, and before they were never enforced. now, it is really critical tha