gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> thank you. mr. heck, ban the box has been mentioned. is that where you have to check off if you've had a felony, does that prohibit an employer from considering on an individualized basis your criminal record? >> what we -- first of all, on behalf of the american bar association, the american bar association has not taken a position on that. i think there are discussions that have to be had on that. i think we're seeing a lot of problems that are associated with that particular issue. >> the point is, if you don't check off the box, it does not subsequently eliminate the employer's consideration of your record but only on an individualized basis and whether or not the record is relevant to the job. mr. jones, do you know, are you familiar with the eeoc guidance on the -- can you say a word about that? >> ban the box, you're absolutely correct, congressman scott. ban the box does not prevent an employer from having an opportunity to review and determine relevancy of a person's criminal record or criminal conviction. all ban the box does

mr. scott, would reauthorize and streamline the grant programs in the second chance act to help ex-offenders become productive members of our society. i want to thank the witnesses for appearing today and look forward to hearing about these and other issues associated with the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction. it is now my pleasure to recognize for his opening statement the ranking member of the task force, the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, last hearing focused on the problem of overincarceration and the need for proportional evidence based in individualized sentencing. the pew center on the states estimates that any ratio of over 350 per 100,000 in jail today begins to get a diminishing return for additional incarceration. they also tell us that anything over 500 per 100,000 actually becomes counterproductive because you're wasting so much money, you're messing up so many families, if so many people with felony records that it act

gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> thank you. mr. heck, ban the box has been mentioned. is that where you have to check off if you've had a felony, does that prohibit an employer from considering on an individualized basis your criminal record? >> what we -- first of all, on behalf of the american bar association, the american bar association has not taken a position on that. i think there are discussions that have to be had on that. i think we're seeing a lot of problems that are associated with that particular issue. >> the point is, if you don't check off the box, it does not subsequently eliminate the employer's consideration of your record but only on an individualized basis and whether or not the record is relevant to the job. mr. jones, do you know, are you familiar with the eeoc guidance on the -- can you say a word about that? >> ban the box, you're absolutely correct, congressman scott. ban the box does not prevent an employer from having an opportunity to review and determine relevancy of a person's criminal record or criminal conviction. all ban the box does

this is julia ask who is doing to be speaking for me, i'm requesting the relocation of a staircase mr. scott because of the third staircase it was one .5 feet away from my property is it far too close and ms. ask will speak for me. >> is that okay. >> i'm sorry can you state your name for the record. >> julie ask and ms. brown is asking for the relocation of the staircase it's close to the entrance to her kitchen and the second request for the field fire safety of the property given the proximity to the structure to her home. >> i'm assuming you read the brief the first one t is privacy shields e she's elderly and handicapped and had a stroke and fears for her privacy and the safety she feels the closeness of the staircase will interfere with her privacy she spend a lot of time at home the second issue around her security the proposed staircase makes it easy for someone to jump on the property line the intrarps to her kitchen normally she keeps the window's open because of the tare flow to the home especially open warm days the roof is flat and to she is dealing with the proximity she wouldn

and also if you remember, mr. scott not the acting president in the absence of the president, it was somebody else. and now it has been decided that he should assume the position. so it's all about power games that african leaders play. however, we see marked improvement in the issue of how succession is handled in africa, and examples that come to find are ghana, ethiopia, and also malawi where the deputies all took over in very smooth and well orchestrated succession. >> the other issue is the fact that so many african leaders get treated abroad and then die abroad. they don't stay home and are treated by facilities that their own people have to use. >> indeed. it's because they have not invested enough in their country's medical facilities. and they have the means to go out there and seek that highly impressive and sophisticated health care. the people don't have that option. and this is one of the things that many africans feel is an insult to them. because heads of state do not invest in their -- in their -- in the

and now i'll turn to senator cochran to introduce our next witness, mr. scott clements. >> madam chairman, it's my pleasure to present mr. scott clements. from the mississippi department of education in mississippi. in his role, he administers eight programs, including breakfast and child and adult food care programs. in addition, his office conducts several school-related health programs. he has 14 years of experience in child nutrition. he's the past president of the mississippi school nutrition association and has served on the usda child nutrition state systems working group. do i also introduce dr. wilson? >> you're welcome to. >> dr. kathryn wilson is the executive director of the national food management service institute in oxford. she serves as associate director -- sorry, she serves as associate professor at the university as well. she holds degrees in dietetics and related fields. she has 23 years of experience as a school nutrition director and has served as the president of the school nutrition association. i'm pleased both of them could be here to

and now i'll turn to senator cochran to introduce our next witness, mr. scott clements. >> madam chairman, it's my pleasure to present mr. scott clements. from the mississippi department of education in mississippi. in his role, he administers eight programs, including breakfast and child and adult food care programs. in addition, his office conducts several school-related health programs. he has 14 years of experience in child nutrition. he's the past president of the mississippi school nutrition association and has served on the usda child nutrition state systems working group. do i also introduce dr. wilson? >> you're welcome to. >> dr. kathryn wilson is the executive director of the national food management service institute in oxford. she serves as associate director -- sorry, she serves as associate professor at the university as well. she holds degrees in dietetics and related fields. she has 23 years of experience as a school nutrition director and has served as the president of the school nutrition association. i'm pleased both of them could be here to

scott a of the project we're looking at this one 2 line statements trying to figure out whether the permit included the windows our argument is basically. >> we've heard our argument thank you yes. >> mr. sanchez. >> thank you scott sanchez planning staff it's a request to legalize the 9 windows on the subject building on treat that building was built if 1906 based on it's age and decisions with the preservation staff noted that the defining features are intact on the top story the original windows potential original windows remain and those provide the guideposts for the windows at the lower window their double hung and have drops at the bottoms of those windows this is not the result of a complaint that was a neighbor complaint filed it was discovered using the staff open the condominium conversion and this gets problematic to enforce especially the window replacement on windows that are comedy conversions you have a different owner 3 owners trying to get something someone to agree to bring it back to it's condition two unit have windows that were replaced with the permit i disagree with the appellant you if it could have covered the product disruption it pretty clear it's a remodel

mr. sanchez did i want to speak on this? >> thank you scott sanchez planning staff to be brief to commercialism this is not subject to the mayors policy the executive directive the planning code was referenced that's inaccurate it allows supervisor chiu legislation this year that louts the in-law units to be legalized under the possible street commercial district which the property is workplace a second unit is allowed we'll have to review the plans to making sure make sure the code is compliant to allow legalization without meeting a lot of those requirements in regards to the permit we ask them to permit the illegal unit and i'll let mr. duffy speak to that if the board wishes. >> any public comment on that item? okay. seeing none commissioners, if you have questions for mr. duffy we'll call him back or the matter is submitted. >> mr. duffy. >> commissioners to clarify comments by the attorneys the reason a building permit is required in this case you'll need a set of plans to show there's illegal construction and converting it back to the u

scott and missy. thank you. [applause] >> mr.he was the press secretary for bill roth. moderateoth was a conservative republican and an honorable man. he was the quiet senator from delaware. [laughter] he singly wore a hairpiece, which is one area were jim brady could provide no assistance. 1978 ofhe cosponsor in a tax cut that magically was going to raise gobs of new revenue. it was a nutty notion. voodoo economics. the other cosponsor was jack camp. jack kemp. was always the camp roth bill it should've been camp roth brady. next encounter was when he was campaign manager for john conley. john kelly was a bigger than life texan, overpowering. power.cised top-down i wrote a profile which she disliked. he summoned his press secretary and said, get him fired. go to the ceo and get him fired. governor, you know those press pastored's allston together and i got nowhere. calmly replied, those sons of ditches. bithces. jim had called no one. in february, 1980 wanted, judy nine went to dinner with sarah and jim. i was the walk on. judy

. >> the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> thank you. accept testimony from the robert f. kennedy center for justice and human rights, bernard kerik, anthony pleasant and reports from the sentencing project state level estimates of felony disenfranchisement in the united states 2010, and from a report from the sentencing project, a lifetime of punishment, the impact of felony drug ban on welfare benefits, all be placed on the record. >> without objection. >> and if there is no further business to come before the task force, without objection, the task force stands adjourned. >> thank you. >>> tonight on c-span3, washington journal's interview with michigan state university president. it's part of our special series on universities in the big ten conference. and that will be followed by events featuring conservative political figures and journalists. we'll bring you a discussion on the future of the republican party. and then selections from this year's western conservative summit in colorado. plus ben carson speaking earlier this year at the national press club. you can se

mr. sanchez. >> thank you scott sanchez planning staff well, i think that commissioner wilson nailed it on this one during any presentation too i certainly don't want this to appear a slam dunk for the department are commission we had 3 discretionary review hearing and ultimately at the end the final motion to continue to work on the design that failed and the project moved in is a difficult one to deal with the excision has the same challenges we're having now going back briefly to code experience we believe in the department reviewed it he reviewed it the planning department buildings it met the planning code question we is a discretionary review process it was extend to the department and you don't get at that max out the building envelope changes can be made in this case, the project meets the guidelines but that didn't mean that the board didn't have power to make the further changes i want to be clear on the ability to make changes in regards to the buildings that are maybe similar size or larger sorry i don't have that information either i note on the block behind as commissioner fung no

scott and missy. thank you. [applause] >> mr.e president, sarah and friends of jim brady, i first met jim several years before the white house. he was the press secretary for senator bill roth. senator roth was one of those old school moderate conservative republicans, an honorable man. he was the quiet senator from delaware. [laughter] he seemingly wore a hair priest, which was one area where jim brady would provide no assistance. bill roth was the co-sponsor in 1978 of a huge across the board tax cut that magically was going to raise gobs of new revenue. it was a pretty nutty notion, voodoo economics as george r.w. bush later called it. the other cosponsor was jack kemp. the most dynamic member of congress. in thes was instrumental campaigns, it was the kemp-roth bill. it should've been the kemp-roth-brady bill. our next encounter was when he was campaign manager for john connolly. he was a larger than -- john connolly was a larger than life texan, overpowering, a man who believed in exercising top-down power. i wret a front pa

mr. sanchez. >> thank you scott sanchez planning staff i'll be brief the hearing requester the appellant stated the new information they're providing is the survey dated july 8, 2014, this was held on september 10th of 2014 so there's no reason why they couldn't have present this as the last hearing the the penthouse is not appearing on plans but as part of the permit holder from the roof-deck their indeed to have the penalty houses so again, because as noted there's expensive work by all agencies to review this matter and it's been thoroughly vested i'm available for any questions. >> thank you. >> mr. duffy. >> yes. commissioners i'm in agreement with mr. sanchez and there's i'm sure you're aware of this we talked about last time the number of hours the dbi helped to pit in and the planning staff and i'm sure while we're eye to dealing what one inch or a few inches over this will i expect the roof-deck in my opinion was permitted with the building of the building there was permits issued and it existed for many, many years over 20 years i believe that they want to rebuild their roof-deck i've

gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> testimony from the robert f. kennedy center for justice and human rights. and reports from the sentencing project, state level estimates of felony disenfranchisement and from report from the sentencing project, lifetime of punishment drug ban on welfare benefits be placed in the record. >> without objection. and if there is no further business to come before the task force without objection the task force stands adjourned. >> thank you. >>> tonight washington journal's interview with michigan state university president part of our special series on universities in the big ten conference followed by events featuring conservative journalists. we will bring you the future of the republican party. and then the western conservative summit in colorado. plus ben carson speaking earlier this year at the press club. >>> college athletics is the topic of a forum today at the national press club. c-span's live coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern. later in the day a discussion with university officials, athletic directors a

mr. sanchez. >> thank you scott sanchez just to be brief a little bit on the permit history there are permits that were reunite from 2004 for fast frame and rear the cost 15 hundreds as referred for 20 thoughts u thousand dollars for the kitchen and the baths and in kind that are in kind with the nova that's $20,000 other work was scald there may have been done with the scope of that permit issued upon the statement of the permit holders so in regards to commissioner honda's comments there maybe work without benefit of permit that was not disclose. >> mr. sanchez unlike the case there was a period is this one of the situations they're not going to get the woirlt to convert unless they switch out their windows and meet the guidelines and we'll respect the decision the board makes open the permit tonight and once that's final i'll the check with stiff staff but no provisions to stop us from moving forward. >> if we were to allow an extension of time you'll allow the condo conversion to move forward. >> we went our discussion saw what if we allowed the windows to stay. >> we'll defer to the wisdom of

mr. sanchez. >> thank you scott sanchez planning staff the subject as proposed meet planning code requirements not a requirement for the firewall not within my of the open areas for the property and typically i think as this board knows the expansions section 311 notification rifrmentd, however, as drawn the plans are exempt because the deck d is less than 10 feet in height if a firewall it prompted greater than 10 feet in height that's a section 311 notifications this is under the jurisdiction of the board of appeals and i will note that the reminded for the section 311 notification is the result of the zoning administrator section 11 not stated there think i understand there's one person requesting a firewall and maybe that can be discussed more further as we do the results but certainly having the party here requesting that the most combanthd party they could be justification for not requiring the full neighborhood notice for that portion of the project i concern is on the other side on the south side of the promissory note property although notification was provided for the hearing there has b

scott. france is only bombing isis in iraqi territory. mr. o'reilly, we love your idea of an anti-terror mercenary army up here. thanks, guys. tell us about my vision, billoreilly.com. i'm enjoying "killing patton" immensely but a newspaper column said you avoided his anti-semitism. what say you? i say it is not a biography of the general but a look at his performance at the end of world war ii and his very strange death. there was plenty we left out about patton because the narrative was tight. we stayed in that area. for the record, george patton had two trusted advisers who were jewish americans and his private corresponds over the years pretty much disparages every ethnic group. he was a crusty guy, although

scott and missy. thank you. [applause] >> mr.sident, sarah and friends of jim brady, i first met jim several years before the white house. he was the press secretary for bill roth. senator roth was a moderate conservative republican and an honorable man. he was the quiet senator from delaware. [laughter] he singly wore a hairpiece, which is one area were jim brady could provide no assistance. he was the cosponsor in 1978 of a tax cut that magically was going to raise gobs of new revenue. it was a nutty notion. voodoo economics. the other cosponsor was jack kemp. this was always the kemp-roth bill it should've been kemp-roth-brady. our next encounter was when he was campaign manager for john conley. john conley was a bigger than life texan, overpowering. he exercised top-down power. i wrote a profile which he disliked. he summoned his press secretary and said, get him fired. go to the ceo and get him fired. jim told him, governor, you know those press bastards all stick together and i got nowhere. conley replied, those sons of bit

>>supervisor scott weiner: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm happy to come back to the meeting to support dmeet ri for the seat. i was disappointed when the committee was not able to forward his appointment to the board last time but i understand there was an in incumbent in the position and had a lot of attributes for strength and i'm glad that dmeet ri did apply and i'm in support of him. dmeet ri i have known for many years in roles running events and he really is a complete package for the commission. a long history for entertainment and nightlife. last time he applied, i think one of the holes in the commission or a hole was that there is no one who really represented the street fair and festival community. our street fares and festivals have significant challenges just is surviving in san francisco. our city departments do not make it easy for street fairs and festival. the sisters of perpetual indulgence just got a bill dramatically higher than it was supposed to be. that happens all the time. i want the entertainment commission to b

mr. hutchinson. you, scott. i appreciate the sponsors and the school for hosting this debate. this is an important debate for arkansas's future, and i am delighted to be joined by my wife in the auditorium. for 41 been married years. when we got married, the preacher said i hope they have enough struggles in life to keep them close to the lord. has been prayer answered, and in our life we have had enough troubles to stay close to the lord. dad were married during the depression years. they have understood struggle. today, we have a struggling arkansas.ss in they are trying to make ends meet. they're working two jobs. they want to move up the economic ladder, but it is hard to do so. fore, that is what running governor is about, focusing on economic and job creation for the middle class. i have a specific plan i have laid out that will help us to address the job creation we need, better paying jobs moving up the economic ladder. it starts with a competitive tax system in arkansas, computer science in every high school. whenever you look at our state, i think it is important tha

in new hampshire, incumbent senator jean shaheen is facing former senator scott brown. mr. ass until he lost a re-election bid in 2012. he's now running in new hampshire. senator shaheen and scott brown debated on wednesday. >> in some ways i approve and some things i don't approve. >> they don't have that check on the button. >> like most questions that we deal with as policymakers, there aren't simple answers, yes or no. >> well, let me put it this way. have you said that you're the candidate for the citizens of new hampshire. scott brown often says that you vote with president obama 99% of the time. because obama's approval rate are at an all-time low in new hampshire right now, 38% to 40%, how does your voting record sort of vibe with serving the citizens of new hampshire? >> now, i work for new hampshire. and scott brown talks a lot about one survey and 99% of the time that i voted with the president. but the numbers i'm proudest of are the 359 -- 259 people who are now work, at the berlin prison because i was able to get it open after it sat empty for two years. it is

hour number two with scott, michelle and mr. wonderful kevin o'leary. >> thanks so much. i'm scott.ning me is michelle and kevin, calendar of o'leary funds and "shark tank" investor, of course. last day of the week, a big one it was. the dow jones industrial average up better than 200 points. its first 200-plus point day since march. better than expected jobs report. nasdaq off to the races today. all three up by better than 1%. michelle, wow, such a big day and people i think weren't prepared for it because of the turbulence had this week and the negativity -- the negative tone to the market this week. >> very pivotal week, i think. right? situation in europe decidedly negative. good employment data here in the united states. every piece of data out of europe this week, bad to negative. draghi disappointing and the dollar rally driving everything. leading to the moves we are seeing in commodities, seeing in gold. a lot going on this week and the return of the volatility i think -- i think a good thing for the market. shakes out prices and gets us maybe sooner to where we are going.

mr. willard scott. h hey, willard. >> how sweet it is, to see new york in my monitor.etter up there. here we go with a few birthdays. viola brown, berriville, virginia. she loves to cook and everybody loves to eat what she cooks. you can't beat that. nothing but a combination of joy. earl and larie ratcliff, idaho. we want to wish them a happy anniversary and the happiest thing in the world for them is staying social. take a look, lillian sides vaughan, 100 years old today. she say wonderful great-great-grandmother. how about that? this is arthur bud whitney from garretsville, ohio. 100 years old today. his big thing in life? he is an avid fisherman. he fishes all the time and does a great job. how about that? that's it, new york. you've seen it all. that's the big show here. back to you. you guys are sensational. >> thank you, willard. >>> can we do a quick tip of the cap? carson has big news. >> we are now officially the number one morning news show across all social media, facebook, twitter, instagram and pinterest. we want to thank everybody who has joined our onli

mr. willard scott. hey, willard. >> you can't beat it. this is it.. it is beautiful. take a look, if you will, at bernice owens smith from baltimore, maryland. 100 years old today. and she loves visits from her friends. and especially her family. this is rose bell. and she is from glenview, illinois. she's 100 years old today. this is walden magers, handsome fellow that he is, from springfield, missouri. and we wish him a happy birthday. he is 100 years old today. willard cohodas from san antonio, texas. wish him a happy birthday. his secret to longevity is long distance walking. that's it. that's all for now. we want to send it back to the greatest team in the world in good old new york city. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, willard. >>> coming up in the next hour -- >> aretha and the legendary clive davis. >> she's going to sing another song, right is this. >> yes. the most beautiful song. >>> we'll be talking about halloween decorations gone technolo technology. lots of gadgets you should have for your house. >> attract children while trick-or-

mr. willard scott. >> the aquarium at mystic connecticut, you meet the nicest people.our beloved birthdays today. millie, you are so sweet. millie kuperman is from staten island, new york, and is 101 years old today. raphael plana rios from honolulu, hawaii. 100 years old today. and he loves to do exercise. this is knut einarsen from ken more, washington state, 100 years old today. you know something? you can drink two pots of coffee every single day. ruth beeman lives in henrietta, new york, 100 today. she is one happy woman, volunteers all the time and does good things for people. she loves to travel. how about that? that's it, gang. back to new york. >> i love when he blows a kiss. thank you, willard. >>> so, kiddo ises, have you something good coming up at 9:00? >> we have a lot of good things. >> best do it yourself halloween pet costume. >> did you bring pepper? >> no, her agent says she's not working for free. >> are you a dog costume person? >> no and more importantly, >>> we are live on the scene of breaking news in philadelphia. sky force 10 is over a fire. y

>> reporter: scott it could not be more different where mr. duncan walked into a hospital that really wasn't prepared for a man with ebola. this man was a physician was self-monitoring, and as soon as he got symptoms he contacted people who needed to send help and he went to bellevue which is a designated ebola center in new york, the center, and they've been specifically training for this for weeks. >> pelley: the ebola outbreak has now spread to a sixth country in west africa with one case now reported in mali. liberia remains ground zero with half of the ebola deaths in the world, more than 2700 there so far. the dead are highly contagious, so the government has made cremation mandatory. this is the glow of bodies burning each night outside the capital monrovia. debora patta followed a burial team as it combed the countryside. >> reporter: life was hard enough in kakata before ebola. now it has one of the highest infection rates in the country. it's feared this woman's brother died from ebola but she's not being allowed anywhere near the bo

i will ask reverend scott the same question, if it comes out that forensics say mr. tacked the officer, and eight african-american witnesses back it up as the washington post stated today, will you reverend scott accept that? that there might not be an indictment? >> well, it's not a matter of whether i will accept it. >> no i want to know will you accept it or not? >> no, no, no, it's not a matter of whether i will accept the indictment or not. the question is what will we do if there is or if there's not. here's the thing you fail to understand. the issue here is who interprets the data, the forensic evidence and when you look what the is taking place as far as the autopsies are concerned this is nothing new. in that particular vein i think it is very important for us to understand that the interpretation or whoever decides to interpret the data they are the ones that basically writes the script. now what are we going to do as far as the indictment is concerned, i think it will be important if there is no indictment that our community will try to do whatever we cana

[applause] >> in new hampshire, jean shaheen is fationing former senator scott brown. mr.own served as a u.s. senator in massachusetts until he lost reelection in 2012. he is now running in new hampshire. we will bring you their latest debate tonight. and in oregon u.s. senator jeff americaly a democrat is running against physician monica webby a republican. you can watch the debate at 9:00 eastern also on c-span. >> this weekend, tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span our campaign 2014 debate coverage continues. on saturday night at 10:00 the women of color empowerment conference. and sunday evening at 8:00 on q&a rory kennedy on her latest film last days in vietnam. the onight at 8:00, autsdz latest advances on brain science. sunday our coverage continues live starting at noon. tonight at 8:00 on american and y tv, the union army braham lincoln's reelection. then, modernization of home and work place. sunday, ronald reagan's 1964, a time for choosing speech. find our schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're atching. >> british f

mr. chairman. >> senator scott. >> thank you. dr. emmert, as i listen to kelly's questions about the cost structure and the likely impact of creating some unions or some employees and some not employees, they ultimately the cost structure would have impact in universities and have impact in athletic programs. i just wonder how significant that impact would be. let me say this before you answer the question as you think about your answer. mr. to mr. southall, it's good to have you. i would be remiss if i didn't point out that at least you go to the right place, the gamecocks, i like that a lot being a south carolina fan myself. my story is very different than cory's story and the rhodes scholars have done very well academically. i'm very proud to see your success off the field as well as on the field. i will tell you that my story -- it really plays an important part of why i'm asking the questions about the cost structure. i'm a kid that grew up in a single parent household. if it not had been football, i would not have played footba

mr. milne? >> my name is scott milne. i'm a third-generation, born in vermont -- take that back, i was born in brooklyn, and about 90 days after i was born my dad was in law school and my mom was a new yorker. i loved vermont. i moved back to vermont in the mid-1980's to take over a small part of a family business. that business was located in hampshire. because of the gratitude i felt toward vermont because of the love i have for vermont, i chose to live on the vermont side of the border. to bring my family up in vermont. to be closer to my parents and the folks i grew up with. but what i saw over the last 30 years is a continuing difference between new hampshire and vermont. the effect of tax policies and government on the ability of people to prosper. that has drawn me into this race, and i feel i will offer a good voice for people who choose to support me. >> mr. peters? >> my name is bernie peters. i have been married for 47 years. veteran. retired from the transportation agency. i did construction all my life. i hav

mr. pryor, the second question comes to you first. it is from scott inman. >> we reported last week that walmart is dropping its health insurance for part-time workers, following similar decisions by other big companies and they have raised premiums for full-time workers because of an inux of workers required to buy health insurance under the federal health care law. do you believe this is an unintended consequence of the law was it expected and should the lobby changed? changed? >> let me say what i would say to those walmart employees. they now have an option. insuranceet private because the state legislature, democrats and republicans, came together to provide the private option. when it comes to the affordable care act, people in arkansas pre-existing conditions were routinely denied access to coverage. they are one medical emergency away from bankruptcy. back then the insurance companies had all the power. what we needed to do was to get patients back in charge of their health care. now i do want to make changes in the law. i have already support