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In the democratic party of $150 billion. what do you think? >> well, it is hard to say. you know, you have to get past the water, it has to recede and get insurance estimates in there. it is definitely going to be more than sandy. it is definitely more than -- like i said, the single largest flooding disaster in the united states history. but it is going to take somebody in the insurance business, somebody in the flood recovery business, fema for example, that can go in there and put a number to it. >> sandy was $60 billion and katrina was $120 billion just to give people a point of reference ...

And it's frustrating to be able to sit here and be two years and at the end of the congress come tomorrow still making these same mistakes dragging them on instead of making the decision to move on. >> and it's also self-inflicted. at least from the outside looking in, you look at this and say of course they're going approve a superstorm sandy package of relief. why wouldn't they? and to have this delay go off the clock is a further wounding of the party. >> it is. and like you just said, michael, it's self-inflicted. i think everybody bipartisanwise would say this is going to happen. why are ...

He goes -- he could kind of explain it where he didn't feel it was the right situation or he didn't like the vote count he had for the fiscal bill. which i would disagree with because like i think you just had the quote there, this is disaster. this is disaster relief. we're already 66 days into this process. you know, people are suffering. and it's about getting them the relief they need. and it's frustrating to be able to sit here and be two years and at the end of the congress come tomorrow still making these same mistakes dragging them on instead of making the decision to move on. >> and i...