Agents. With reduction of overall numbers. Do you anticipate a need to reexamine and restructure how the Border Patrolmans bases and Forward Operating bases . I share very much the concern we discussed on this hiring issue. For the Border Patrol to be in a downward spiral, which means were not able to hire as fast as attrition is very concerning. I have talked with your staff also about the number of programs that we put in place, particularly to speed up the process. So in these new hiring hubs we can get people through in 160 days until at times, well over a year. That is important. The close cooperation with the department of defense as people leave the department of defense and the active duty military to be able to hire them into the Border Patrol or into customs and Border Protection is particularly important. Working with congress for additional pay for very difficult locations where they work, hardship reimbursement would be particularly helpful. Along with things that weve dis
We do want to hear your views on whether donald trump is a conservative. Lets take a look. Argue all republicans . Are you mostly conservative . I dont care. Senseust a common conservative. That is so important. Walkery told me that used my term. I said make America Great again. I copyrighted the term. Then walker was making a speech when he first started at he was saying make America Great again. The difference is he didnt get any response. We told him you cant do that. Now i said a common sense conservative and i heard he used the term. Coined the phrase a few months ago. Thats what i am pretty i am very, very conservative on the military. I am very conservative on that lots of things. I am actually very conservative on trade, but a lot of people would say he is not because he doesnt believe in free trade free tradelieve in and it has to be smart for us. That is donald trump talking about his political philosophy. Do you think he is a conservative . Donald trump met yesterday with me
And so you constantly gradually fall behind urban areas so that does become a problem in rural areas. Similar are observations on wage index from ms. Peterson or mr. Stover . The wage index relative to critical reimbursement is not as significant as a pps setting. However, the idea that physicians and specially trained nurses and nobody flebomotists and technicians can be recruited to rural areas for less than when they would earn in the urban areas is simply not true. We compete on a National Level for these very, very scarce resources. Same observation, mr. Stover. Yes, mr. Chairman, i would agree with my colleague, ms. Peterson. My last question would be on telemedicine, are you getting reimbursed do you have Behavioral Health also . We do, yes. Are you being reimbursed for Behavioral Health in the same way for other health items . We are. Your goal is to recapture all costs . Correct. And to integrate Behavioral Health into medical clinics as well. Do you have any studies that woul
American people would be, elect people who are going to work with, cooperate with the president of the United States. That does not mean agree on every issue. We are a separate and coequal branch of the government of the United States. We need to reflect thoughtful consideration of the president s proposals and propose to the president. We are the Article One Branch of government that poses policy. He executive carries out policy. That is the context in which we ought to operate. Having said that, i think the American People made it clear they think the obstructionism is largely the responsibility of the republican party. Thomas mann and norm ornstein, along with the brookings institution, American Enterprise institute wrote a book. Essentially the theme of the book was there is gridlock on the confrontation, refusal to compromise, and while they say they have come together to criticize in the past, at this point in time there theyre only conclusion is the responsibility of the republi
Joining us in the phone is josh, join following the story from the white House Advantage point. Thank you for being with us. Let me ask you about the white house response. Is the administration staying ahead of this story . They are and their big concern is trying to reassure the public that this is not the time to panic. There has been a lot of discussion across the United States and elsewhere about the ebola issue, which is a legitimate concern. Situation we had in africa at this point. There is only one diagnosed case and the white house is trying to delay concerns that this is something people need to have we are going to leave this conversation and take you live to atlanta. Will hear from three speakers and we will take questions. Our first speaker is cdc director dr. Tom friedman. Hello, everyone. Exactly one week since the first patient with ebola in this country was diagnosed in dallas texas. It is a good time to look back on what is happening that week and see where we are lik