mr. fattah. mr. fattah. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and attorney general holder, welcome, again, to the committee. i sent the president and yourself a letter referencing the toyota settlement. which was announced a couple weeks ago for $1.2 billion. suggesting that the settlement could issue in an opportunity for us to do something this administration has pointed to and everyone on this committee has supported. which is that we need to do something to literally arrest the increase in our prison population. we need to do something about turning more young people into positive paths in our society. we have funding youth mentoring. each year, we get closer and closer to 100 million a year. but that we could take a settlement like that and similar to what you did in the bp matter and do something constructive, which is to support some of the nation's youth mentoring organizations to expand their capacity. the white house has indicated there are millions of young people not connected to any of these programs like big brothers, big sisters.

mr. fattah implementing the recommendation ever the 9/11 commission that are related to the fbi. . >> the congressional guidance that constitutes a broad mandate to provide a balanced assessment of the fbi's progress in its transformation in implementing the 9/11 commission recommendations, but unlike the 9/11 commission's mandate which was much broader, ours is not a charge to investigate catastrophic terrorist attacks or major intelligence failures. our work will involve an intensive examination of the bureau's structure, organization, programs and policies related to counterterrorism, intelligence and cybersecurity since 9/11. we will render findings that commend what is working and point out where improvement is indicated. we will make every record -- every effort to recommend practical steps to improve performance. we're in the process of building a competent staff. while relatively few in number, will be particularly rich in counterterrorism and intelligence experience including people who have worked with the 9/11 commission. we're developing a baseline of findings and recommendati

mr. fattah knows well, that's an opportunity for kids in the inner city to get an education. was the first in my family to go to college. an education gave me, so i think mr. harris, dr. harris is passionate about that, and so, in defending dr. harris, i think that's what he was concerned about. we don't have to go into it. >> let me just make clear, my only point was, that what happened in the court case in louisiana was not about charter schools. not our view of charter schools. we can certainly debate about charter schools, support them, whatever. that's not of any consequence to me or the department of justice. we were seeking information about charter schools that dealt with a court order, a long-standing discrimination court order. >> i just want to -- >> mr. chairman? i just think it probably would not be a need for a hearing action if there could just be a normal question and an answer. i think the fact that the rush kind of increased the heat unnecessarily, because i think that the answer would have been sufficient to dr. harris' question. and i appreciate dr. harris