, want to be the party of the future. We want to be the party that is really embracing new ways, challenging the status quo, and addressing outdated models that are not meeting the needs. Look at these agencies. Look at the Veterans Administration that is failing our veterans. I mean these are outdated , models. And i am excited about a party that is not just on the president ial side. In the house right now, we have the next generation of conservative leadership. We have had two thirds of the republicans in the house elected in the last five years or less. You know there has been a a lot , of turnover, new blood, and there are people that ran for office because they are really concerned about the direction this country is taking, but even more fundamental than that, i think there is a fundamental fear that we are losing our government, representative government. When you see so many decisions being made outside of congress, being made by the administration, the executive branch, or by
Issue safety recommendations and undertake fse efforts. As an assignment i develop manacled david daish datadriven approach and become an expert in human fatigue. While that nassau expanded by philip knowledge and translate that science into Effective Solutions that address operational problems in safety critical environments. Provided valuable lessons in developing Innovative Solutions to complex challenging realworld safety problems. I recognize my nomination to lead comes at a pivotal juncture. If confirmed you have my commitment that will maintain an aggressive focus while continuing to improve the Safety Record and insuring nhtsas Regulatory Regime is current for todays safety environment. To this task i will bring a fresh set of eyes and a different perspective honed over the years of safety professional manager at nasa ntsb and in the private sector. Chairman in closing safety has also been a very personal priority for me since my earliest days. My father was a San Francisco Pol
Keep this virus outside of the United States. Already, there has been a vigorous response. We hope to hear more today about exactly what has been done, and what needs to be done Going Forward. Two weeks ago, Thomas R Duncan traveled here from liberia. By way of brussels and dulles airport. He fell ill, and presented himself for treatment at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas. Mr. Duncans diagnosis set in motion an extensive Public Health operation involving federal, state, and local officials to identify and assess any individuals with whom he may have had contact. A process called Contact Tracing. That Contact Tracing effort continues today. Our prayers are with everyone who is currently being monitored as part of this incident. We are thankful that to date, there been no additional cases of ebola standing from this case. It is difficult, but it is one of the few ways to contain the disease. Containment also requires swift coordinated action. In this hearing, and investigati
Happening in the future. I want to go into a little more areil first on what we doing to promote safe and effective care. Safe and effective care, we had already begun several days ago to ramp up the education and training of Health Care Workers at this facility. May be doneebola safely, but its hard to do safely. It requires scrupulous attention to Infection Control and even a single inadvertent, innocent slip can result in contamination. We are recommending to the facility that the number of workers that care for anyone with respect to ebola began to an absolute minimum. We recommend the procedures that are undertaken to support the care of that individual be committed to essential procedures will stop forth about we are looking at personal protective equipment, understanding theres about theres a balance and putting more on isnt always safer and may make it harder to provide effective care. Recommending there be a fulltime individual responsible only for the oversight, supervision,
Intensify screening at United States airports. This is something my colleagues from dhs will be discussing. We have worked with american hospitals to reinforce and strengthen controls. We have intensified training and outreach to build awareness. We have expanded lab capacity across the United States to test for ebola. We have developed response protocols for the evaluation, isolation, and investigation of symptomatic individuals. Have instance of louis extensively evaluated suspected cases. We remain confident that a bol is not a Significant Health threat to the United States. It is not transmitted easily, and it does not spread from people who are not ill. It is possible another infected traveler might arrive in the u. S. Should this occur, we are confident we can prevent the kind of significant transmission of ebola that would lead to an outbreak here in the United States. Remember thatt to the only way to protect americans is to end this ebola epidemic and to continue extensive foc