President scott. Here. Vice president lim. Here. Supervisor farrell. Here. Commissioner ferrigno. Here. Commissioner follansbee here. Commissioner sass here. We now have a quorum. We will now take item number one. Item number one is the approval of theminutes of the regular meeting of august 11, 2016. Are there any Public Comment . All those in favor say, aye. Opposed, nay. The minutes are adopted [gavel] item 2. Item 2 is gen. Public comment on items that are not on todays agenda. Are there any Public Comments on items that are not on todays agenda . I only have a few minutes but i did want to mention that we will Start Talking to the board about the benefits that the members will receive and we have a quite a few members who did not have access to these benefits before or they used it and had not wanted it but its been run through hsf and it has been monitored and it has been vetted andwe thank you for that. Thank you and thank you for bringing your thanks. We need that. Yes sir . Go
If it comes to that and my opponent is not doing that and that is one of the important issues of this race. Paul davis is ahead of brownback of 42 why is this so close . A very different dynamic with the senate race on National Issues but the reason is built around competency or execution. And is of very aggressive program. And the effect is to blow a sizable hole in the states budget without the boost he suggested. For that reason is because people are worried about education or transportation they have gotten a lot of traction out here. But the governor is also a fixture of kansas politics just like roberts known each other for a quarter century it would be a very republican state with a bill to the advantage but search of the unrest with some voters in kansas that you can see the types of campaigns we looked at that has a very dramatic effect on the futures. For the Kansas City Star from kansas city we appreciate you being with us give it great to be here this minute conversation on
Supporting state governments for decisions that theyre making on mitigation to prevent the spread. But the whole issue of personal protective equipment and supplies and the capacity of our Health Care System is in the forefront of what were talking about every day and the secretary can address it. Thank you very much. First, being here at the podium, i just want to especially talk about the people in blue behind me. These are the leaders of the United States Public Health Service Commission corps that i am incredibly privileged to lead. Over 3,000 of them, americas Public Health warriors. Whether its going into the eastern congo or western africa to fight ebola, or if its staffing the nursing home in kirkland, being on the World Health Organization team in china, or helping to facilitate communitybased testing, these are americas Public Health heroes, and i just they rarely in fact, i doubt that there has ever been a time in American History where the leadership of the Public Health Se