was in print but clearly members of your staff knew that those were printed in the rules, because when your grandsons and grandnephews and the members of -- the family members of your staff who got this money for several years in a row, every time they sent in an application, they had to promise that they weren't a relative of you or anyone connected with the cbc. so, people on your staff -- >> i admit -- i admit that i made a mistake. i did not realize that. >> no, no, no, but the point is that people on your staff knew the rules. so, have you looked into who on your staff knew the rules? >> anderson, i have acknowledged that i was negligent. i acknowledged that i made a mistake. when it was called to my attention, i tried to correct it. i know you want to make a scandal out of this and i -- but i can't help you. all i can do is tell you the truth. >> well, i think you've done enough in terms of making a scandal. i'm trying to figure out what happened. you say you take responsibility. i'm asking specifically who on your staff reviewed these applications because whoever did this saw that these kids were promising that they weren't your