for the pma group , i tallied up all the money that they had given. they gave the seven members of congress $834,000. that is not show change. that sounds like a pretty serious investment. but guess what they got. they got earmarked grants of the worth of $235 million. they spent $834,000 and they got to hundred $35 million. -- that $235 million. >> in one organization gets $400 million a year from the united states taxpayers and spending that kind of money is to change. does it work? >> it works. this is something in that is different in the last couple of years. it used to be that your marks were given out -- that earmarks were given out by committees. there was no way to link up the donations to a specific member. the proposed earmarke, money wet in and money went out. it was always a good investment. he did not know how to connect those two. this is one of the key reforms that has taken place in the past couple of years. it has curtailed -- it has put an atmosphere of shame around the year marking -- of the ea rmarking process. you can see that pe