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just this past week, former secretary mike leavitt of hhs under the bush administration, is somebody i very much respect and admire, himself came out and said from his own experience having been at hhs, about what -- >> why is the travel ban a bad idea? >> it is a bad idea in part because of the fact that we don't effectively stop people from getting into this country and for what? what i'm talking about here is we've had one single ka is so far. maybe we stop another one. we do know that travel bands will seriously impact or ability to get people in and out of that area. congressman, i agree on the berlin airlift, but that's all military f you're prepared to give us hundreds of military plane toss fly in and out at will when we need them to mo i don't see anybody in congress telling us today we'll get hundreds of military planes. >> congressman murphy? >> i've already asked dr. friedan and told president obama tell us what congress needs to authorize. we're sewning thousands of people through ships and planes. we could do a lot of the ability to move goods and supplies is massive. w

just this past week, former secretary mike leavitt of hhs under the bush administration, somebody i very much respect and admire himself came out and said from his own experience having been at hhs and viewing all the information -- >> but why is a travel been a bad idea? >> well, the travel ban is a bad idea, in part, because of the fact we really don't effectively stop people from getting into this country. and for what? i mean, what i'm talking about here is we've had one single case so far in the big picture of what the situation is. maybe we stop another one, two more. but we do know that travel bans will seriously impact our ability to get people in and out of that area. congressman, with all due respect, i agree with you on the berlin air lift, but that was all military. if you're prepared today to give us hundreds of military planes that will fly in and out at will when we need them to move not only material but also people, when we move them around, then i'll say, well, maybe we ought to reconsider this. i don't see anybody in congress telling us today we'll get hundreds of mili

i mean, i even noticed that governor mike leavitt from kentucky, who was george w. bush's secretary of hhs, had said that would be even more dangerous if we do it that way, so i'm keeping an open mind. >> congressman should there be a mandatory self-quarantine of 21 days for american health care workers who go to countries in west africa and return home? >> i think everything's on the table, peter. we have to consider all the possibilities. i'm looking forward -- >> when do we make the decisions? frankly, it's happening as we speak. if we consider all these things and we keep waiting for months to consider them, we may, in fact, let too many others come in without that self-kwaquarant and there could be other dr. spencers, as he roroic as h efforts were. >> i agree, the clock is ticking. that's why i didn't hesitate when the government site and government reform committee convened this hearing to get down here to washington. i think waiting would be a mistake. we need to delve into these questions. i will say that i'm concerned about the 3,200 american troops going

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