mrs. biggert: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 6398 which would extend the current federal deposit insurance corporation, the fdic, guarantee of interest on lawyers' trust accounts, also called aola. i also thank mr. doggett for introducing this bill. this represents a significant source of financial support for legal aid programs for the poor. these programs operate in all 50 states, in 37 states, including my home state of illinois, they are mandatory. ioltas contain client funds held by a lawyer for a short period of time. interest generated from these accounts is paid to charitable organizations, not the lawyer or the client. in 1978 florida was the first state to establish an iolta program. illinois became the 11th state to establish ioltas and in 1983 the supreme court of illinois required interest from these accounts to be collected and administered by the lawyers' trust fund, a nonfor profit cooperation created in 1991 by the illinois bar association and the chicago bar association. since

biggert. >> falling apart here. thank you, madam chairman. i've got one quick question for mr. lewis. you mentioned in your testimony that you work with neighborhood assistance corporation of america, naca? >> yes, ma'am. >> we've had some strange things happening in dupage county and things that have been coming to my office where we receive papers faxed to me, and it would be, it's somebody's mortgage papers, their social security, a lot of personal information from them, and it has on it to call naca. do you know -- has this happened? i mean, these are formal papers for mortgages or for foreclosures. >> i am not aware of what you're speaking of, ma'am, but i'd be happy to follow up and get some more information -- >> if you could since you work with them, but it's information and then these clients have signed up for privacy, but this is something that's going around, and it's as if we're supposed to be helping them with their mortgages. can any of you describe the problems that you've had, and what i'm concerned about is the very limited number of fannie and freddie approved law f