the reportingcasy hunt did with you sign a confidentiality agreement, a nondisclosure agreement, that cannot be brought forward in any ethics investigation. maybe that will be found to be incorrect. i used to be an employment lawyer myself, and i know when you go through an arbitration like that and you sign a confidentiality agreement, you can t talk about it publicly. but crime not sure that has an impact on the house ethics investigation. i think that s what your previous guest was trying to say. we need to improve and clarify these rules. we need to make a easier not harder for people to bring these claims. kncouldn t agree with you mo. thank you for being here. and up next whoosh who is the boss? white house budget director nick mulvaney showed up today armed
he s made his position clear at that time as well as the american people at that time. it would seem to acknowledge the authenticity and that position hasn t changed. like i said, the president hasn t changed his position. i think if anything the president questions is the media s reporting on that accuracy. john? thanks, sarah, just two questions on the cfpb and the first one has to do with whether or not you would like the courts to clear up any confusion as to who is in control of the cfpb, and of course, a lawsuit has been filed and we d like that case to be the ruling on the case to be decided very quickly. look, of course, we re aware that a lawsuit has been filed and we are also aware that the law is extremely clear and that director mulvaney is the acting director here as has been outlined by the counsel s office, by the department of justice and as i said before, cfpb s own general counsel
the white house will host more than 100 open houses and numerous receptions and more than 25,000 visitors will walk the halls, taking part in public tours. speaking of christmas, the president is looking forward to the senate bringing us another step closer to delivering a big, beautiful christmas present to the american people in the form of massive tax relief. to that end on wednesday, the president will travel to st. charles, missouri, to deliver an important address to the nation on the need for tax cuts and reform. unemployment is already at a 17 year low, wages are starting to raise. the stock market continues to hit all-time highs and optimism is through the roof. just imagine what will be possible once his plan passes. ill be great to the christmas season appeared something we can all be so excited about coming with that, i will take your questions. is director mulvaney and charged of the consumer
ambiguity at a place that sets out to protect consumers actually affects their job and protecting americans. it s a real dilemma and we re all consumers and it s not a democrat issue and it s not a republican issue and although the bureau has been a lightning rod since the moment it was created and i don t think there is anyone that takes the view that the work it does is not important. there is a lot on how you protect consumers, but i think and i hope that at the end of the day whether it s leandra english or mick mulvaney or whoever the permanent nominee is there is an agreement that we want the agency to function well and to provide certainty for consumers and for the industry that serves consumers. you said it, cfpb has been a lightning rod and you have been there since day one and you know some of mick mulvaney s views, but for people who don t, roll it.
talking about. reporter: was the official policy on this position? should be stay or go? secretary sanders: like i said, we have no changes it to past payments we ve already made on that front. reporter: on the cfpb, the white house believes that leandre english is qualified for that position? secretary sanders: we think mick mulvaney is the right person at this time to leave that agency, and that is why he is over there. reporter: he s the right person, but the follow-up is, what if the white house what does the president have against leandre english? secretary sanders: i m not saying that we do have anything against her. i am saying, we want director mulvaney to lead this agency, and as the decision that the president is allowed to make and one that he has made and has legal authority to do. reporter: to questions about personality. governor brownback about the ambassador remark. with religious liberty be installed in the senate have not