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 a wonderful , effective -- based on respect perelli and shaun donovan.with they treat us as equals. they roll up their sleeves. w

the key butler of florida -- vicki butler of florida, they were the work horses, and and we have another relationship with state banking regulators. we work with them to deal with and prevent foreclosure. a great relationship now. i keep trying to think of myself as a relatively young man, but i have been attorney general for 30 years, and i have been involved in a lot of states and work with the federal government in a lot of ways, and i have had good relationships and sometimes not good relationships, but in all the time i have never seen such a wonderful, of effective, based on respect relationship as we have had. it has been truly wonderful. they treat us as equals. we get the job done as best as we can. it has been a model for federal state and relationships. just going back one second, the attorney general's offices over the last four and a half years since the mortgage meltdown, we have done more pushing, prodding, threatening to sue than anyone else. in terms of knowledge, us and the state banking regulators unparalleled in what we have done, but to conclude, and what we have don