and with the eeoc already pointing out these several times to the v.a., and eeoc has also agreed to work to provide technical assistance, we just think that the v.a. should get in line with the eeoc directive. >> thank you what skin for your comments. my time is up so with that i would like to turn things over to general bergman for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and again before i start, as one of the original request is of the report, i want to commend and think gao for your efforts and what you provided for us. because i know it doesn't have all the answers but it's certainly going along way towards getting as to ask the right questions. ms. barnes, we can't can go bad forth on, you know, where should offices be placed for maximum effectiveness. according to the report gao spoke with the eeoc about its concern that the misalignment of the eeo director position in v.a. does it eeoc have a recommendation as to exactly where v.a. should place the ee oh director? >> r anderson is the eeoc does not have a specific recommendation but they're willing to provide technical assistanc

is what i'm told of agencies that comply with that eeoc directive. that means 34% of us believe we have it right in a different structure. i would be very happy to have that dialogue as we go forward. >> thanks. i'm sure this will be a point of conversation. my time is up. i will return it over to ranking member bergman for any questions he may have. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i kind of want to put a capstone comment to make sure i understand the chairman's last question and your all's response. in organizational terms, what i heard you say hr and the va is more policy oriented -- operational. >> yes, sir. >> i can understand if that is in fact the case, so i guess not to be answered now, but to be contemplated and thought for future conversation, is hr long-term in the va, should it stay policy, as it relates to other agencies across the spectrum of federal government, because if you're trying to have a meeting, and the hr folks show up, and one agency sends its policy folks and the other agency sends its operational folks, we automatically have a

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me -- justice thomas: it never made sense to me and when chevron was decided i was the chairman of eeoc. my reaction was waita minute, this is a license to steal. your sango sign m acuity and do whatever you want to do -- you are saying, go sign ambiguity and do ever what you want to do. that led to trying to figure out, why this government, white three separate branches? why the legislative? why judicial? why executive? why federalism? why enumerated powers? we spent hours working on that. if you let agency slept around that. slip aroundt agency that, and you are going to give it the same treatment as you give the royal courts, what are you undoing? how do we have the liberty that is supposed to be protected? that is all i'm asking. [applause] you may have an answer to it. but i give justice scalia credit. he and i would have long conversations about it. he was a greater man than i think we and most people even know. he is, i would go to his-- [applause] scalia was an honest man. we would sit and we would talk. and never once, in 25 years, did he seem, what he say, absolutely not, this

. >> it never made sense to me, and when chevron was decided i was chairman of the eeoc. my reaction was waking minute, this is a license to steal. you were just say go sign ambiguity and do what ever that you want to do. how does that fit? what i did then, i wanted them, that led to try to figure out why this government, why three separate branches? by legislative? why judicial? why executive? why federalism? why it enumerated powers? so we spent hours working on that. and if you lead agency slip around that and there's no review, if you're going to get the same treatment he gave royal courts, the royal courts, the kings ties found this, let's defer to the what are we on doing? how do you have the liberty that is supposed be protected by the structures? that's all i'm saying. [applause] i mean, you have an answer to it but i give justice scalia credit. he and i would have long conversations about, he was a greater man than we give, that i think most people even know. he is, i would go to his -- [applause] justice scalia was an honest man. we would sit and we would talk.

one of the problems in that regard is eeoc i will leave that on the side. in the current republican party and democrats. we are looking at the evolution this was laid by people like pat buchanan and newt gingrich. but it came to a head during the obama administration during the meeting do not i'm talking abou about. >> go ahead and finish your thought so he can respond. >>caller: the meeting where around the time president obama first inauguration where plan was put together for republicans to not cooperate at all. and that led to the tea party and now we have donald trump republicans you are the ultimate manifestation. >>cspan2: okay we will leave it there. thank you for your thoughts. >> i appreciate those concerns and i agree entirely with the first part of what he said and we did see precisely white supremacy and it is utterly unacceptable both in character and scope and that's why people are on the streets and why it is perfectly clear we have a lot of work to do as a country on this front. and central i entirely agree. as far as characterizing our pol

they provide an action plan for every country to have an emergency operation center or eeoc capable of mounting response and fabric within two hours. it must also be responsible for surveillance down to the community level with systematic reporting to rapidly detect an outbreak. we need a global as a fire department . should be multi- spectral the printable functions of it would be to learn from the past, what has worked in work during previous epidemic and pandemic to connect to regular simulations of local outbreaks . the national regional and global responses to them. regularly integrity getting gaps in the system. to support regional and national nancy's pretty be fully operational and coordinate with the financing mechanism and what we will call the fire hydrants to help and drop them up use of resources. the global pandemic, can b cannt be effective without the defendant engagement at the who. in my view w child doing the job under the circumstances and vastly improved from ebola. i know the director general since 2004. he was initially installed administrator. often systematical