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That encourage as more, levels out our, the extremities in terms of weather-related events, if we can in fact do that. >> well, you're right. and in fact, we should think of the $400 per household federal spending as our extreme weather tax. in addition, we put together this estimate, the federal government doesn't even know itself how much money it's spending on federal disasters. but most importantly, and the recent years we've cut money to help communities become more resilient, to tornadoes, super storms, drought and other extreme weather events. we need to as representative capps has prop...

Not the day to try and politicize disaster aid. we believe that we are one nation, indivisible under god which means we have to pull together when fellow americans are something befall them that is not their own doing which is a huge super storm like sandy. or the tragic tornadoes yesterday. in oklahoma. you know the amount of resources that are being invested in these communities are being well spent as far as we can tell. you know, governor christie of new jersey has been very appreciative. we don't believe that we ought to be cutting funding for medical research or student loans. in order t...

Incident and is working to minimize the environmental impact. >> thank you very much for joining us from there. joining me by phone, democratic congressman lois caps who represents santa barbara. i know this is exactly what -- the worst fears that people have from pipelines. and certainly that coast. tell us what you've learned from talking to federal regulators. >> caller: i'm so deeply saddened by this spill, andrea. it's yet another reminder that we have had a history of here on our santa barbara coastline of the serious risks that oil drilling poses. our environment is so spoiled, but it's...

Transition from being dependent totally on fossil fuels into moving into renewable energies. so much the better. not just for the environment. and that we see clearly with the oil spill and tragedy of it. but for our economy in the future. >> congresswoman lois capps, i know you'll be all over this. thank you very much. our thoughts are with you and everyone else out there on that beautiful coastline which we know so well. >> thank you. this morning, u.s. intelligence agencies released a declassified trove of documents recovered from computers seized by s.e.a.l. team six during that raid on ...