I think it is a very fair question, and it is a very fast growth we had about 4,000 of these train cars moving, but now we are up to 400,000 train cars for oil shipment.

But when it comes to disaster relief, most time it is local communities that are dealing with it anyway on the first front.

If that was not there, the town would have been flooded.

If you had more money, could you expedite the process?

climate change is real. It is happening. We have action to take.

I am actually one of those from an oil and gas State that believe in climate change.

I do not consider consultation, by our definition, successful because we said we consulted unless the tribal government said we consulted with them on their terms.

But are we not doing that with the $400 million, almost replicating?

I think it is a unique opportunity for tribes. I think it is a huge responsibility for tribes.

You just hit on what my next question was going to be, and that is, do you think that the tools can be applied in legislation like this?

I do not want the Administration to keep defunding the program that is annual and replacing it with a one-time hit.

I appreciate FEMA's interest in understanding climate change too.

It seems like everyone has resources.

That is right. There is a whole process they have to go through even to accept those maps in the legislative process depending on the community they are in.

I need you to be more definitive on what you think, I guess there are a couple of parts to this question.

Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for your willingness to recognize Alaska is what I call every 2-week disaster that we seem to have because it seems like it never ends.

In other words, more mapping, more capacity, more areas handled.

I want to make sure that if you had more resources----

You think about three quarters of a million, give or take, to start giving you the flexibility you need to get out into the field, and I think you are right.

This is like 5-, 10-years easy, right?

I should not say most States. In several States.

Well, you can build a road for a lifetime.

But I come from the small business world. And you always want competition, but you also have to understand this delivery system of parcel post.

The Senate has passed out of the committee in a bipartisan way a comprehensive postal reform bill.

the Alaska delegation sent IG Williams a letter requesting the findings within the 2011 inspector general's report.