address the bundling problem with some teeth in it and taking into consideration the concerns of mr. lamar put forgot i think at this point we're not in a position to be more definitive if i would i hope that's not floor vague when i suggested to the commission and hope the commission will see fit to go forward with that as well. >> any other comments? i'm curious now under the present system only lobbyists who bundle checks in other words collect checks and deliver them to the candidate as a group the only ones banned from doing this >> they're not abandon they have 0 report and it actually is the broader definition it's the raising of money for candidates has to be recorded and just those last few months we're starting to see based on the regulars in the summer on reporting of those contributions so this will expand it to other persons not expand it but enclosure it for other purposes. >> what's the theory behind encompass this on lobbyists why were they picked out for example lynn like jane doe does this for parties. >> this was the owners that was impacted in 2010 you'll impose those o

mr. frank. >> commissioners in the past we've come here as a community to address the contamination at hunters point now the same at candle stick point so the eir done by lamar was rushed and i want you commissioners to be very cognizant of the fact that the first time arsenal hundreds of our children, our women and seniors were that neglected die i i today, i have a gentleman suffering the consequences of working at the shipyard and if someone is sick and gets this type of blood cancer it's very, very reexhibit no. 7 our city is not addressing that again and again i've asked this city if we have a qualified toxic cost working for the city not ucsf i've not gotten an answer do we have a qualified toxicologist you've seen me talk before i'm about compassion i'm about the owe that decreases and nurses people that work for those that need health so they can get the best care we're the city that knows how we're the city named after st. francis let me bring something to your attention this belongs to the learned up to 1977 we went on the register we have came passion therefore it is for everybody thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. >> our next item, please. >

mr. chairman. first of all, i think we should use this document because it's a letter written 1999 signed by henry hyde and lamarith and bill mccollum and a series of other outstanding republican chairmen of this committee. in which they write to then janet reno saying you guys got to promulgate some discretion here. you've not done it enough. and you have the ability and the right in law to do exactly that. and you haven't done it. so i just want to state for the record that not our party but the majority party has stated and stipulated through this memorandum that they believe in discretion and that the administration should use discretion. and in the memorandum just for the public it says we write to as many people believe you have the discretion to alleviate some hardships. and we solicit your views as to why you have been unwilling to exercise such authority in some cases. in addition, we ask you to view the 1996 amendment eliminated that discretion. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i can't. >> you can't or not possible or don't want to? >> not right now. but i'm in the middle of reading. >> you're reading a

mr. chairman. first of all i think we should use this document because it's letter written in 1999 signed by henry hyde and lamarsmith, bill mccullum and series of other outstanding republican chairmen of this committee in which they right to then janet reno saying, you guys got to promulgate some discretion here. you've not done it enough and you have the ability and the right in law to do exactly that and you haven't done it. i just want to state for the record that not our party, but the majority party has stated and stipulated through this memorandum and -- that they believe in discretion and that the administration should use discretion. and in the memorandum just for the public, it says you have the discretion to alleviate some hardships and wish to elicit your views as to why you have been unwilling to exercise your authority in some cases. we ask you to review the 1996 -- >> would the gentleman yield? >> i can't. >> you can't or not possible or don't want to? >> not right now. but -- i'm in the middle of reading -- >> you're reading a letter -- >> the gentleman from illinois controls the time. will he yi

mr. chairman. first of all, i think we should use this document because it's a letter written 1999 signed by henry hyde and lamar and bill mccollum and a series of other outstanding republican chairmen of this committee. in which they write to then janet reno saying you guys got to promulgate some discretion here. you've not done it enough. and you have the ability and the right in law to do exactly that. and you haven't done it. so i just want to state for the record that not our party but the majority party has stated and stipulated through this memorandum that they believe in discretion and that the administration should use discretion. and in the memorandum just for the public it says we write to as many people believe you have the discretion to alleviate some hardships. and we solicit your views as to why you have been unwilling to exercise such authority in some cases. in addition, we ask you to view the 1996 amendment eliminated that discretion. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i can't. >> you can't or not possible or don't want to? >> not right now. but i'm in the middle of reading. >> you're reading a le

the help committee senator lamar alexander is very interested in, that would allow for year-round pell grants so that individuals could complete their education more quickly. mr. president, before i was elected to the senate, i worked at a college in maine hudson university in bangor maine and i saw firsthand the difference that pell grants made in the lives of these students, and indeed on my staff today, there are highly talented individuals who were able to go to college solely because of the existence of pell grants. their families did not have experience with higher education and have not afford higher education, and pell grants made possible a bright future for these two women on my staff. this is the kind of opportunity that should unite us and that all of us should rally behind, and allowing year-round pell grants would allow students to complete their education more quickly and join the work force more quickly which would help them financially as well. so i hope that this is something that we can pursue and that will be adopted as well. another of my bipartisan amendments number 442 would establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to change the definit