through the claims process, there were $4 billion of claims, returns to 1600 clemmons. sipc has committed as against $550 million. -- and has advanced $550 million, more than all combined in the past. there have been 11,500 claims determine, or 71% of the claims. the trustees have collected $1.1 billion, filed 14 lawsuits seeking the return of $14.8 billion, and we will discuss that again in just a moment. the subcommittee has asked specifically for information on the fees in this case. as you heard this morning, the trustee has been paid 1.27 $5 million. i remind you that is the largest ponzi scheme in history, and most trustees and legal scheme efforts that are being expended here, for the purpose of recovering assets. in terms of legislative initiatives that are before you, sipc has proposed a number of amendments, and these include increasing the amount that sipc can advance for claims to $250,000, and to index that dollar figure to inflation by a specific formula. we would increase sipc's line of credit with the treasury to $2.5 billion. we would increase the numbe