What this information shows, I think, is this was the most expensive natural disaster in American history.

The severe impact of the disaster has placed a profound stress on government at all levels, not to mention that of the individuals and businesses attempting to recover. We're going to have to use limited resources wisely.

My guess is that neither the governor or the Legislature is going to start distributing funds until we have an extraordinarily high degree of confidence that the money is in the bank.

If the plan doesn't get fully funded, we're going to start from scratch.

Our goal is to try to identify the ways this money can be used to have the most leverage, in terms of providing private sector investment.

This is a shot in the arm to the recovery that will make a big difference.