but i think ms. adams raises a good point, and that is, at what point do you believe the assistant attorney general or someone else had it or has an obligation to, particularly in your case with lanny breuer, because you have a close relationship or a longstanding relationship with him -- at what point is there an obligation for one of these senior officials to raise something like this to your level? i am the stand you cannot read all the briefings -- i understand you cannot read all the briefings. my staff knows that if there is something really urgent, they do not stick it in might in box. they call me, come in my office, get in my face and say this is something really important. this is not just an operation, it is in fact an international operation. if looked at wrongly because of the consequences of the firearms going across the border, and that was the plan. my question would be, at one point is someone expected to raise something like this, knowing that if it were maybe canada or the u.k. or some o

not that i'm in favor of any of the particular drugs that are here, but just like ms. adams, my colleague from florida mentioned, the state of florida has criminalized it. it seems interesting when the subject of the day comes up that there is a rush to action and forget states' rights, that there is the desire on gun bills to overlook the states and have a federal law on interstate shipment of guns and in this situation, drugs that should be criminalized and are criminalized at the state level and we are doing them more at the federal level. this would place more than 40 chemical compounds on schedule i without scientific evidence that doing so is necessary or warranted. it is a rush to legislate before we know the facts. this bill essentially bans these substances without any study whatsoever. i have read the press reports of young people who have been harmed by these substances and others and i'm very sympathetic. but we shouldn't legislate on the basis of this evidence. it is on shoot first ask questions later that we have taken in this country for decades. our national

here with the attorney and your son, adam, as is consistent with the rules of the committee will need to swear in all three of you before we have your testimony. ms. west and adam, if you would stand and raise your right hand to you solemnly swear the testimony you're about to give the committee will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? okay. with the record reflect all three witnesses have affirmed the aoth. dtc to commit on behalf of mr. richard west who will save his voice for questions and you're going to have his son adam read his opening statement. adam? if you are ready, please begin. >> thank you, chairman. ranking member towns, ranking member davis and distinguished members of the subcommittee for inviting me to discuss medicaid fraud. i received home health care and other services to the community resources for people with disabilities medicare waiver program. as a ventilator wheelchair and oxygen independent person might qualify for the government-funded program that provides medicaid benefits of to 16 hours per day of in home nursing care. there's a limit on the services under this program each month and benefits may be suspe

here with the attorney and your son, adam, as is consistent with the rules of the committee will need to swear in all three of you before we have your testimony. ms. west and adam, if you would stand and raise your right hand to you solemnly swear the testimony you're about to give the committee will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? okay. with the record reflect all three witnesses have affirmed the aoth. dtc to commit on behalf of mr. richard west who will save his voice for questions and you're going to have his son adam read his opening statement. adam? if you are ready, please begin. >> thank you, chairman. ranking member towns, ranking member davis and distinguished members of the subcommittee for inviting me to discuss medicaid fraud. i received home health care and other services to the community resources for people with disabilities medicare waiver program. as a ventilator wheelchair and oxygen independent person might qualify for the government-funded program that provides medicaid benefits of to 16 hours per day of in home nursing care. there's a limit on the services under this program each month and benefits may be suspe

here with the attorney and your son, adam, as is consistent with the rules of the committee will need to swear in all three of you before we have your testimony. ms. west and adam, if you would stand and raise your righ hand to you solemnly swear the testimony you're abo to give the committee will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? okay. with the record reflect all three witnesses have affirmed the aoth. dtc to commit on behalf of mr. richard west who will save his voice fr questions and you're going to have his son adam read his opening statement. adam? if you are ready, please begin. >> thank you, chairn. ranking member towns, ranking member davis and distinguished members of the subcommittee for inviting me to discuss medicaid fraud. i received home health care and other services to the community resources for people with disabilities medicare waiver program. as a ventilator wheelchair and oxygen independent person might qualify for the government-funded program that provides medicaid benefits of to 16 hours per day of in home nursing care. there's a limit on the services under this program each month and benefits may be sspended or

adamant on that and supports no further development of nuclear weapons around the world. host: on the democratic line? caller: hello. how are you? host: good. caller: i have two questions. one, ms. bachmann hits that health care act but i haven't leader her say anything she would do to improve it but just dismantle it. if she dismantles it, people will die. two, she says she is a christian. i want to know what bible she reads? because she uses jees us is' name in vein because he did not take from the rich and give to the poor as she said. can you respond to that? host: alzheimer's? health care and christianty? grip first and foremost she thinks obama care is the wrong way to go. certainly everyone should have access to health care but obama care is not the way to do it and having an individual mandate and forcing people to buy health insurance is wrong and unconstitutional. and one of the first thing she plans to do is repeal obama care. she led 40,000 people to washington to show their disapproval for obama care and she wants to repeal it. there are better ways to go about providing health care and as president she'll go about making sure that there is quality affordable healt