Dale Bumpers: “First, the 19 restrictions that were put on the corporation's grantees are not touched in this amendment. They are still…”

“First, the 19 restrictions that were put on the corporation's grantees are not touched in this amendment. They are still intact. Many of them deal with lobbying. Second, no Federal funds can be used to carry out the actions permitted by this amendment. Only non-Federal funds received by a grantee may be used. Third, the request has to come from a legislator, a Member of Congress, or an agency to a grantee. Let me give the Senator from Texas this illustration. Let us assume that in the State of Texas the legislature thinks that the Legal Services Corporation's grantees in that State are doing a super job, but the Federal funds have been cut off, we have reduced Legal Services Corporation funding. Let us assume the Texas State Legislature wants to give a few million dollars to some of the Legal Services Corporation grantees, but before doing so, they would like for some of those people to come in and testify as to what their activities have been and maybe limit the use to which they can put the money the legislators propose to give them.”