mr. hammond for participating today's hearing. with that, that will conclude our first panel that they took up her second panel. >> mr. chairman. >> please. >> mr. chairman? >> yes. >> ester chairman, according to the release on march 25th, it to commit britain comments as long as they follow set forth as an advisor. is that correct? >> yes, that is correct. >> and compliance to any organization, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> and so, mr. chairman, with that the weather witness before us today, aarp? >> now, our witnesses today have had an opportunity to submit testimony because they've already had that opportunity. >> can i respond to that, mr. chairman? >> well, again, aarp has had their opportunity to submit their testimony and submit for the record so that sardi ben edited out. >> it is my understanding that the report is 26 pages long with 243 footnote that was released on wednesday. this will not finish on time for aarp to have written comments. they should have the benefit unvested point to get all of our questions

mr. hammond and mr. rapped for being here this morning. first of all, all those conditions that you have just listed i think most members in this panel, democrats and republicans would agree with. i do. so i think we're on the same page with a lot of these things. and i do take issue with some of the comments made as far as this being a political witch-hunt. we can demonize this but you know, it really what it boiled down to and representative in florida who represents a lot of seniors who had some questions. ginny brown-waite. chairman of a health committee, who had some questions and it is his responsibility to have those questions answered. and then as far as my part in this, i'm just an old cop and so i hope you can understand, do you really know and why you're here today? i mean, we're just wanting to find the answers. and so i just want to go through a couple of things. first of all, look, we exchanged some letters and the responses we got back were minimal in response to the questions that we asked. and the fact this transparency is

mr. hammond. i want to thank you for being here, thank you for your great service to the nation, and for all of your great and good work. now, the republican report state that aarp charitable contribution only increased by 11% from 2004 to 2008. now, aarp is a social welfare organization. american cross road, gps aarp medigap social welfare organization, the tea party is a social welfare organization. both want to repeal health care reform. i'm not aware of any charitable activity or contribution by either of the these organizations. mr. hammond, are you aware of any social welfare organizations engaged in charitable activities? can you please describe for the committee a few of the charitable efforts of aarp? >> thank you for the opportunity, mr. lewis. that's one of the things i was trying to talk to others about. a c4 social impact organization is simply that. we established a charitable arm to c3 to deal with vulnerable populations who are in need of assistance in the very essence of their liv

mr. hammond. i want to thk youor being here, thank you for your great service to the nation, and for all of your great and good work. now, the republican report state that aarp charitable contribution only increased by 11% from 2004 to 2008. now, aarp is a social welfare organization. american cross road, gps aarp medigap soci welfare organization, the tea party is a social welfare organization. both want to repeal health care reform. i'm not aware of any charitable activity or contribution by either of the these organizations. mr. hammond, are you aware of any social welfare organizations engaged in charitable activities? can you please describe forhe committee a few of the charitable efforts of aarp? >> thank you for the opportunity, mr. lewis. that's one of the things i was trying to talk to others about. a c4 social impact organization is simply that. we established a charitable arm to c3 to deal with vulnerable populations who are in need of assistance in the very essence of their lives to tr

mr. hammond for participating today's hearing. with that, that will conclude our first panel that they took up her second panel. >> mr. chairman. >> please. >> mr. chairman? >> yes. >> ester chairman, according to the release on march 25th, it to commit britain comments as long as they follow set forth as an advisor. is that correct? >> yes, that is correct. >> and compliance to any organization, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> and so, mr. chairman, with that the weather witness before us today, aarp? >> now, our witnesses today have had an opportunity to submit testimony because they've already had that opportunity. >> can i respond to that, mr. chairman? >> well, again, aarp has had their opportunity to submit their testimony and submit for the record so that sardi ben edited out. >> it is my understanding that the report is 26 pages long with 243 footnote that was released on wednesday. this will not finish on time for aarp to have written comments. they should have the benefit unvested point to get all of our questions

mr. hammond for participating in today's hearing. ur first panel and i would like to call our second panel. >> mr. chairman? the gentleman would like to raise a question on committee procedure. according to the hearing advisory least march 25th and the organization has until april fifteenth, 2000 eleven, to submit written comments as long as they follow the process. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> are there plans for any organization. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> would that also apply to our witness before us today? aarp? >> our with this today have had an opportunity to submit their testimony for this committee so they already had that opportunity. >> if i may respond to that, mr. chairman. >> again. aarp had their opportunity to submit their testimony and submit for the record, that is already -- [talking over each other] >> it is my understanding the report is 26 pages long with 243 footnotes released on wednesday. that is not sufficient time to review and develop written comments. there should be the benefit of