we have such a dearth of mental health provide provider especian certain areas, primary care providersto get sounds like a minneapolis, home health agencies, it probably is not religious in minneapolis va but maybe the university of minnesota and others that are experiencing this issue. we are part of that and we train such a large group of clinicians. one of the things we're trying to do in this new proposal is really focusing on graduate medical education. the original choice act there was some resources that were provided to help va train more residents. we hope to do something similar in the future, asking to do something similar in the future where we would be able to cover the cost of our residency for payback time in the va with their completed. very similar to what the public health service does for the dod does pick so i hope that we can start to contribute somewhat to that issue by training clinicians and then bringing them back to those shortage areas to practice. and as you know many folks that actually complete the residency training team to stay in that area. hopefully th

that femare assistance can provide some assistance, we can also provide assistance for repair, personal property. when you register, it is important that your address, current location, how we can contact you, what kind of damage you have sustained, the insurance you have, stay in contact with us. the effort we are doing through the thousands of employees working to provide assistance to those in shelters and getting them out of shelters and to a better place, working in partnership with our nongovernment organizations in support of the state of texas, these organizations like the american red cross, the salvation army, they are doing a tremendous amount of work. we have seen our call volume increase and skyrocket larger than ever before, so have the registrations. we are in the long haul to provide assistance to every disaster survivor we can. >> thank you. >> we will take some questions at this point, if any. >> do you have an estimate of how many homes have been flooded and how may people will need assistance? is a dynamic it situation and we don't have an accurate number. best mappi

they will steer them to the provider more so than to the hospital and it all starts with the provider, so the physician if you loo will. >> tina reed with the washington business journal, do you have data on what is most effective in bending the cost curve? we are hearing a shift and strategies, but what seems to be working the best? brian: over the last five or six years, what has been most effective is the move to high deductive plants. .- high deductible plans that has been most effective on the demand side for health care services. i think everybody is looking to focus on the delivery side now. that in there lies the opportunity. the data is not very rich yet on what these aco's can provide because you want it to be more value-based and not price based. this is not about going after deeper discounts on certain networks. networkabout -- canada deliver -- can a network deliver better total cost of care and outcomes than the market and how to we get that type of data? that is where the focus is now. can these entities perform better than the market and can they demonstrate that back

also can provide some assistance for repair. we can provide assistance for personal property. it's important that when you register, your address, your current location, how we can contact you, what kind of damage you have sustained, the insurance that you have an stay in contact with a go to disasterassistance.gov. the effort we're doing to thousands of employs working to provide assistance to those that are in shelters and getting them out of shelters into better place, working in partnership with our nongovernmental organizations as administrator long had mentioned in support of the state of texas these organizations like american red cross, salvation army, this is an unprecedented event. we've seen our call volume increase and skyrocket larger than ever before. so has the registrations and we are in the haul to provide assistance to every disaster survival we can't. >> thank you, alex. madam secretary? >> take some questions at this point, if any. >> from reuters, any estimate of how many '07 flooded and how many people will need assistance? >> right now it's a dynamic sit

everything they have asked for has been provided and we stand ready to provide even more. and on top of that, we had both dps as well as national guard in full operation mode. is there trouble getting more resources in right now? gov. abbott: not at all. there have been reported fatalities but i am not in a position to confirm they are related to the storms. >> how many people have been evacuated? gov. abbott: we don't have that information. the number of rescues by helicopter? gov. abbott: for our numbers? keep track of the number we are doing. toi would ask them to report me how many they are doing, it would take them away from doing the rescues. we will collect that later. let's can you put this on a scale of how this disaster compares to previous ones? gov. abbott: with it being a category four hurricane, it is the strongest storm texas has had since 1961. when you consider the larger population now, this is a very large disaster. and then you consider the fact of the size of it, ranging all the way from corpus christi to houston and north of houston. and you have not

but they will know for certain providers who are the more higher-quality fission providers. and typically the steer them to the provider more so than the hospital. it always starts with the provider. >> do you have data and what's more effective? were hearing some of the same strategies but what seems to be working the best? >> was the most effective is the high deductibles. that's the most on the demand side for healthcare services. i think everybody is looking to focus on the delivery side now. i think there lies the opportunity. the date is not rich yet on what they can provide because he wanted to be more value based not price space. this is an about going about deeper discounts on certain networks. this is about, can a network rather an ac or high-performance network deliver better outcomes than the market? how do we get that data? that's where the focus is now. kenny's entities perform better than the market and can they demonstrate that to the employer communities? that's receive this experimentation in certain markets to see if we can prove that out. if they can deli

we are already providing resources. i mentioned as an example the army corps is providing extra generation capacity. the authorities given to us by congress after katrina have allowed us to do that. >> [inaudible] is there a fear that rhetoric being used in this town or more onadly could have an impact live seattle >> i'm telling you from my own personal experience that it is important in every emergency, and i have been through a lot of them, to remind people to listen to their state and local officials because inevitably, people don't, and they end up wishing they had. i want you to take it seriously and listen to state and local officials. i'm not worried about you losing faith in the federal government. i'm worried about you losing faith in the state and local government that provides you the best information they have. not worry about parsing if they are right or wrong. listen to their advice. oftentimes, people try to supplant their own judgment, and what they do not understand is the number of time and man-hours

providers to provide telehealth services from anywhere in the country to veterans anywhere in the country, whether it is in their homes or any location. we call it anywhere to anywhere v.a. health care. that is a big deal. just think about this. that means we will be able to use v.a. providers in cities where there are a lot of doctors and use those doctors to help our veterans in rural areas where there are not many health care professionals. you talked about mental health and suicide prevention, this is one of those areas we can use that expertise. today's announcement will allow us to do that. what we will be rolling out nationally is what is called v.a. video connect. v.a. video connect allows the v.a. providers to use mobile devices to connect with veterans on their mobile devices or their home computers. v.a. providers to use mobile that is a big deal. currently, we use v.a. video connect with over 300 v.a. providers at 67 of our hospitals or clinics across the country. that is beginning to roll out nationally. one more thing. we are going to be announcing a new technology called th

providence means -- well, what do they rely on? the protection of divine providence, right? this is an interposition to use their language. it is an active god. a god who makes the world, a god concerned with the world and who acts in it. and i've tried to show, too, that this notion of divine providence has a distinctly refined cast to it. as i say, it evidently meant to witherspoon as it did to others that god governs all events. and the inclusion of protection of divine providence. that phrase in the declaration doubtless struck witherspoon as an appropriately pious reference to god's active care for his chosen people. there's even an oral tradition that witherspoon himself suggested the phrase be inserted into the declaration. and it must be true because that found its way into the musecome of 1776. and since i've seen that on television, then it has to be true. and i've this is where i get most of my knowledge of american history, from videos and things like that. and there's a reason for that. it's not entirely implausible. like so many oral traditions, we can't prove

how we create trust between consumers and how the financial providers in these new financial providers and secondly, how we create trust between those new players and the regulators. that's a tricky balance. we have to adjust the regulation but we have to have the right balance and in countries like colombia, again, having a huge non- profit problem laundering money is a key issue. we have to create trust, as well between the new players or the new services and government. traditional banks, you know what we have found in many countries, is that the regulation is too heavy for banks to go to the base of the pyramid. also, not only having a new regulation for the new players but a subsequent relationship for the old ones. >> i will take the liberty of briefly stepping outside of might moderator role and i can't help but mention when we talk about trust that that's another reason why cyber security is such a foundational part of the equation and one which, at least in my view, has not gotten nearly the attention that it needs in this context. a lot of people talk about it but i think at

providence means -- well, what do they rely on? the protection of divine providence, right?s is an interposition to use their language. it is an active god. a god who makes the world, a god concerned with the world and who acts in it. and i've tried to show, too, that this notion of divine providence has a distinctly reformed cast to it. as i say, it evidently meant to witherspoon as it did to others that god governs all events. and the inclusion of protection of divine providence.ver again his lectures at princeton james madison has this phrase drummed into his head. in her sermons, in more public addresses he wrote on behalf of the continental congress. the phrase is everywhere. and we also know because we have all of the various iterations of the draft and jefferson was very careful to note all of the changes, he called them -- what did he call them? mutilations i think in my text or something like that. we know the changes that the congress suggested. so what that means is somebody on the floor of the continental congress stood up and said i think we ought to insert the

in theent is the areas country where there is only one provider or no provider, no state should demand that if they do not provide coverage in certain counties, they should be kicked out of the state and not provide coverage to anyone in the state. case, thecomes the citizens of the areas should receive a government respect -- government-sponsored program. the other thing is the individual mandate is to be enforced. in order for the good law to take effect, right now, there is not any enforcement. it tennessee needs to be a lot stiffer than $100 on your tax returns. becomes athing that penalty for not getting insurance. younger and healthier people need to be encouraged and almost bullied into getting insurance for themselves. sick, aree old or the in the pool, the rate will go up and insurance companies will demand more money for providing coverage. thanks -- host: thanks for calling. sabrina corlette. the number of carriers around the country. dark green indicates counties that have three or more areas. the later the green gets, the fewer carriers. color, the brown tanis -- red means

it provides an incentive for doctors and other health care providers to provide more, because that is how they get their income. as a country, we are beginning to say we need to change that. qualityto pay based on of care, rather than quantity of services. in tennessee. you are on medicare. tell us your story and what you hear from our guests? caller: i want to make a comment. should not states handle this insurance and take away medicaid, because the them, the is paying states, already 90% of medicaid. all they would have to pay is 10%. most of those republican they have not expanded medicaid. i think the affordable care act should stay like it is. i do not think they should change it to anything else. try to get together and improve it. actually been having a lot of conversations with state legislators. they so one to make their medicaid programs better for their system. for their citizens. every time they want to make a change, they have to go through a very conversation -- cumbersome process with washington. one of the things leslie said that had made its way through the house and

and efforts to eliminate isparity and advance health equity provided to provide fair opportunity to be as healthy as possible. recognition of disparities began in the early landmark h a few reports and since then there have been overall improvement of ssary access and quality care, but disparities have persisted. in particular, we continue to large differences in both bylth and health care access race and ethnicity and disparities are commonly viewed this lens, it is also important to recognize they occur across all dimension, income, geographic location. host: research shows race, class and zip code play a large role in determining health. examples of that. guest: so, i think a lot of improving health in our nation has been focused on the health care system, but particularly as more people gain health coverage, you can'tgnizing that improve health by focusing on ealth care alone and need to recognize the importance of broader social and economic they influence people's opportunity to be healthy. things like your income, your thattion, the neighborhood you live in, your access to healt

health care providers. health care providers should be connecting caregiving needs assessments would interact with patients. if someone indicated their caregiving needs needs, the health care provider should be a asking to speak with her caregiver in learning more and doing their own needs assessment to understand what it is the caregiver needs to have their health issues addressed as well. >> thank you, not an chair. i may for a second, the va the week before last announced they are implementing a medical record that is the same platform the dod has. now we have an opportunity to really talk about a better integration using the data in the electronic health record from the dod and using the right kind of analytics, even better increase their understanding on the people who need the help the most. last thing i will leave you with is there's a whole group of people out there. at some level come each and everyone of you have benefited in some va benefits either now or in the past. we also have pre-9/11 vetera

, or to change their appointments, or cancel their appointments with va providers. now, today, this is available in all 18 of our regions across the country. and we've already booked more than 4,000 appointments from veterans directly from their smartphones so that they can schedule their own appointments. but now we're announcing the national rollout of this. and if veterans want to see and get the veterans appointment request, you can see on our website -- mobile.va.gov/appstore. the va app store has this available for download. so, mr. president, what we're really doing is, we're removing regulations that have prevented us from doing this. we're removing geography as a barrier so that we can speed up access to veterans and really honor our commitment to them. now, let me show you how this works, mr. president. if we come over here -- we use technology in a way that's pretty incredible. in fact, mr. president, i'm one of those doctors. i practice right here in washington to my clinic in grants pass, oregon. and i want to say hello to our veteran today. mr. amescua

there are two providers and connecticut. i receive my coverage through anthem blue cross, a bronze .lan i pay a premium but i receive subsidies. my comment is the areas in the country where there is only one , theder or no provider state regulators should demand that if they do not provide coverage in certain counties, they should became to out of the state and not provide coverage to anyone in the state. if that becomes the case, the citizens of those areas should receive a government-sponsored program. the other thing is that the individual mandate needs to be enforced in order for this good law to take affect. right now, there is not any strict enforcement of the penalty needs to be a lot stricter than $100 on your tax return. it should be something that becomes a penalty for not getting insurance. the young people and healthy people need to be encouraged and almost bullied into getting insurance for themselves, because only the old or the sick , just stating the facts, if only the old or the sick are in will go upthe rat

public television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite or butter -- provider. >> tomorrow, a total solar eclipse will be visible in the u.s. from coast to coast for the first time in 99 years. in a nasa briefing, officials talked about tracking the event and tips for those who want to view the phenomena. this is about 1.5 hours. let me introduce you to our first panel. the agency's headquarters in washington. vanessa griffin, the director of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. suit, the uniform there, brian. thety associate director of national resort steward science administration in washington. thomas, to you. >> thank you so much rain. duane. >> sometimes we forget that we are sitting on a planet that is turning on its axis. there is a celestial body right next to it, our moon. everything in the space, and the field of our star, the sun. it gives us life and is supporting everything we do. it is also the rosetta stone of all-stars. what we learn about stars we first learn from the sun. the eclipse is important because alignmentes come into

where there's only one provider or no provider, the state regulator in those states should demand if they do not provide coverage in certain counties they should be kicked out of the state and not provide coverage to anyone in the state. if that becomes the case, the citizens of those areas should receive a government-sponsored program. the other thing is that the sub -- the individual mandate needs to be enforced in order for this good law to take effect. right now, there isn't any strict enforcement. the penalty needs to be a lot stiffer than $100 on your tax return. it should be something that becomes a penalty for not getting insurance. the young people and the healthy people need to be encouraged and almost bullied into getting insurance for themselves because if only the older the sick, this is just stating the fact, if only the old and sick are in the pools, the rates will go up and insurance companies will demand more money for providing coverage. >> thanks for calling. let's's hear from our guests. we begin with a map. >> go ahead. >> well, good morning. thanks very much for

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it provides links, to the national center excellence for operations, the information that they are providing, links to the nasa right, we try to make it as easy as possible for people looking for information to be able to find it. -- links to the nasa site. also companies that move our goods and products that we need and enjoy, they also have to be safety conscious for cars that mayn front -- dart in front of the trucks, preparing for ricky sure they meet their hours of service. that favorite spot they may have for catching a good view of the eclipse along the highway, others may know about it as well. whether it is the public or the truckers, plan ahead. one thing to think about, this is occurring in august. rush-hour traffic may be slower than normal in these areas where there's places that have more people coming to enjoy this. august is also construction season. for helping to take care of the roads. and we need to do that well keeping life traffic going, most of the state department of transportation are already planning for their construction not to be active chewing the eclipse but yo

people need help and we are working to provide it. while the hurricane force winds have diminished, i want to stress we are not out of the woods yet. not by a long fight. harvey is still a dangerous storm. according to the national weather service, who you will hear from shortly, rainfall amounts as much as 2 feet have occurred in houston metro area and life-threatening flooding will occur over a large portion of south central and southeast texas in the coming days. rivers won't crust until later this week. it is vitally important for those in texas and louisiana to monitor your local radio and tv station for updated emergency information, and as always, listen to the direction of your local official. if you are in the affected area, they are asking you only call 911 if you have immediate immediate need for medical attention or evacuation assistance. if local officials deem it safe, please take time to check on your neighbors and friends, particularly the elderly who may need assistance. the department, through fema has been working i

drought or flood we must provide a secure water supply. there are two points that i would like to convey to the subcommittee this morning. first off, the use for reservoir operations are woefully outdated and they are in dire need of update. secondly, western water managers require in proved long-range forecasting of precipitation in order to manage water resources for both extreme wet and dry conditions. we managed to projects that provide water supply for the people in sonoma and marin county's. there are dual purpose reservoirs at the us army corps manages flood protection function and the water agency manages water supply function. the lake water control manual was created in 1959, nearly 60 years later the manual has not been adjusted. in 2013, the core was required to released way 5000 acre-feet of rainfall from the reservoir because it had to adhere to that antiquatedrule curve despite weather predictions that no rain was forecasted. the reservoir dropped to 25% capacity later that season and sonoma county lost water valued at 10 th

its natural screen provides a perfect cover for north korean hit and run operations. to frustrate the pattern of ambush and attack, a narrow strip of land will be cleared south of the line. the agent who tries to make across this high visibility zone may find the odds have been sharply reversed. the fences and watchtowers and guard posts alone mean nothing if the troops who manned them, and the one who get out and do the patrolling, who prevent the dmz and more from being overrun. someone once defined combat patrol as hours of boredom interrupted by moments of sheer terror. in a sense, dmz duty is a bit like that. the communists conduct a daily war of nerves, subversion, of the kind of treachery that can turn routine patrol into a death march. although many communist agents are introduced across the dmz, the korean government feels that even more come ashore by boat, along the 5000 mile coastline. some of these potential guerrillas hide out in the mountainous southern part of the country. for that reason, combat-ready soldiers of the korean army's infantry division co

are here to provide whatever assistance is needed. we are ready, willing and able. above all else, we must remember this truth. no matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are all americans first. we love our country. we love our god. we love our flag. we are proud of our country. we are proud of who we are. situation to get this straightened out in charlottesville. and we want to study it. and we want to see what we are doing wrong is a country where things like this can happen. my administration is restoring the sacred bonds of loyalty between this nation and its citizens. must alsotizens restore the bonds of trust and loyalty between one another. respectlove each other, each other and to cherish our history and our future together. so important. we have to respect each other. ideally, we have to love each other. and now to the veterans administration, where i am so proud of david and the job you have done. what you have done in such a short amount of time, you folks would attest to it. if anybody disagrees, you can

and beds and shelter will be provided to you. from will hat, veng, be other places open especially in the dallas-fort worth area parts of that state of texas. first. k of your life the most important thing that we're dealing with right now is life. my top goal is to be able to ake it through this storm in a way in which we lose no lives. nd so my hope is that our fellow texans will follow that and put your life first and property second. thank you very much. will have ongoing updates. on sanng to be departing antonio to the shelter and maybe places there this afternoon. >> real quick, listen, i had a errific conversation with both separately t and with the head of homeland and head of fema in washington d.c. strong hem provided unequivocal assurances in their any rt to help texas in way. we have the fema administrator in t here who works hand glove with the state of texas, not just on this, but onsistently, he's been around for about 30 years or so. this is not his first rodeo. and ows how this works knows how texas works. e and

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very proud to be here today to provide a local perspective on water management. we believe that securing the water means investing in the water resources. water is life. we have the pleasure and responsibility to deliver safe and affordable drinking water 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. drought or flood we must secure a water supply. it's outdated and in need of updates. it improved long-range forecasting in order to manage water resources for both extreme, wet and dry conditions. we manage the projects a of the life water supply for the people in sonoma. the lakes are dual purpose reservoirs and the ordering for managers for the protection and water agency manages to functions. the lake water control manual was created in 1959 nearly 60 years later the manual has not been adjusted. in 2013 the core was required to leave release 20,000 to reach the reservoir because it had to adhere to the antiquated rule despite the predictions though rain was forecast. it dropped to 25% of capacity later this season and lost water valued at tens of millions of dollars. we have

eclipse will be really important for us because it will be providing unprecedented vantage points of nasa assets, in space, in the air, and on the ground. please start the movie. have 11 all, we will spacecraft that are flying. two of them with our sister agency, noaa. spacecraft, a bunch of them, as shown here, are initially looking at the sun. the corona. that is the atmosphere of the sun. it is like a crown around the moon. these observations will look at all colors from x-ray to visible and beyond. one spacecraft at the moon that is looking at the moon and along the shadow at the year and looking at the unique vantage point and then of course, a whole series of spacecraft around the orbit of earth looking at radiation and the radiation back from earth. a unique experiment of how solar radiation interacts with the earth's atmosphere. we are also making observations in air with aircraft. i do not want to forget the astronauts looking out the window and looking at the spectacle from up there. on the ground, that same kind of excitement liquor -- excitement will occur because we have

it's brought to today by your cable or satellite provider. next, a discussion on health care costs for employers. the president and ceo of the national business group on health presented the results of his organization survey of what employees think about overall healthcare costs and ways they want to improve the value of care.

soledad: when the insurance provider puld out, what exactly did they tell you asr r?> the insurancend they don't have an idr risk is e and don't understand if they' pe incentivized to buy insurance, it creates uncertainty that insurance carriers cannotidenti, and they get very uncomfortable. soledad: you think there is a diren president's threat to taky subsidies and >> absolutely. the instability has created instability in nevada for individuals out in rural communities and individuals in our more urban populations, with rate increases, a 30% rate increase in nevada. we are seeing that uncertainty pl out not only for those people, but also in our urban populationsoledad: how do you ea provider? what does the word "encouragement" mean? is that a how you incentivize them change? >> you are hitting on a really clear point here. nevada has very little leverage. most of the controls are in washington, d.c. whether caught sharing reductions g paid is outside of the control of r state. we are looking into having conversa carriers about what they need from us and wh control

we appreciate the opportunity to provide testimony on super fund cleanup program. while states do not assume primary authority we play a role in its implementation. the decision made by congress and epa can have a profound impact on state resources, states share a common goal with the federal government in ensure that risk and human health and the environment are mitigated and appropriately draesds in a financially responsible manner. our association is committed to ensure this is done in an efficient, cost-effective way. we support any legislation that encourages greater state collaboration with our federal partners while ensure that our voice and opinionses are not diminished. the member states enjoy a positive working relationship with epa and does not wish to discount these collaborative efforts. we do wish to, however, offer the subcommittee some comments on opportunities to enhance the program. states value the relationship with epa and together through several types of cooperative agreements both as individual states and as an association, continue to make g

goods and services providers. it will be critical that the department of commerce work with congress and consult closely with members of the committee. frankly, there is room for improvement here. but i am confident mr. kaplan understands the importance of the department responsibility to congress and will work with secretary ross to ensure those responsibility are met. as for the nominee for the department of health and human services, these are very, very important nominees as well. your responsibility's are similarl;y connected to integrity and responsiveness. mr. bassett has been nominated to serve as assistant secretary with the specific function of performing legislative affairs. this means both the agency as well as congress will rely on you to ensure that we are kept well-informed of the goings-on at hhs. this will be critical over the next few months. health care suffered a setback recently. the recent series of invents intensifies the importance of this position as cooperation between congress and hhs wi

and if you are a provider or know of a provider, one of the problems we have had in test is how slow the pay is in getting those providers paid. we will go to bat for any veteran or pharmacy that is struggling to get the bills paid. we extended the program and put $2.1 billion in the program. the bill is on the president's desk and expected that he would sign it and we want to make sure this program works. the end that commentary, i would tell you that example that in some ways makes me smile but is very sad. my hometown, my dad was a pumper so we followed the oil patch around lots of places. i claim plainville as home. a veteran from plainville called me and said, i want to use the choice program. i used to say that he said he wanted a colonoscopy. people quickly told me that no one wants one. [laughter] sen. moran: i'm sure he said i need a colonoscopy and i called the va in wichita and said i want to do it here at home and the va said, sir, you cannot do that because you live within 40 miles of hayes and they have an outpatient clinic. my veteran said no, i told the va, i've alrea

these technologies have enhanced agent and officer safety, provided constant monitoring of difficult to access areas and enhance agent and officer abilities to interdirect the criminal activity. aviation assets equipped with advanced radar capabilities have also refined our understanding of significant threat that exists along the border and have helped to reposition and redeploy asset as flows and vulnerability shift. understand that border patrol, cbp, area and marine continue to activate -- [inaudible] that have the potential to revolutionize at the field agent level. i look forward to the progress update on the funds congress has provided for this particular effort. a secure border is the outcome the american people demand. with this in mind, congress has repeatedly asked one consequential question: what will it take to gain this situational a awareness and operational control of the southwest border? up until now the answers have been limited or unsupported by a requirement process similar to that of defense department. in short, they've been insufficient. at best, they've been

if this training is provided training verys within the state? >> so we do an annual conference -- it is actually next month. retrain -- we train and advise the state coordinators on the policy and in the state coordinators are responsible to train their coordinators. some states do that better than others. to augment that, we have developed online training to assist. we offer over the phone or skype training. we also have job aids which are checklists to help them do the step-by-step. we go to every state to review their program. we inventory their property. we provide training as required , as requested while we happened to be there visiting. congresswoman hartzler: well online training replace training? is it either/or? is it just supplement? >> it is to supplement. >> we are also going to take when we conduct the fraud risk assessment. we noted the numbers that asked for more training. we are going to make that part of what we look at. we will go to the furthest --ent that dod capability dod's capability. congresswoman hartzler: thank you ver

incentive to provide narcotic medication and we need to do all we can that yes, people are provided appropriate narcotic medication that is necessary but no more than necessary. we wanted to make sure the it is theunderstood entire cabinet and government involved. this is an inter-agency process that is moving forward. we've met previously with the department of state, justice, department of homeland security to make certain that we are working together on a comprehensive strategy that we are in the midst of right now and that we will be presenting to the president in the future. , thehe end of all of that president made certain that he is absolutely committed that we turn this scourge in the right direction, this tide in the right direction. make sure that we see the number of overdose deaths and individuals addicted to medication decreased. , the presidenthe has made certain the understand and appreciate this is an absolute priority in his administration as it has been from day one. one of the things we have done to try to bring a voice to it and bring faces to it is to go around the country

jobs and have got some good programs to the provide jobs unfortunately it's going to. dismantling a large portion of the large social state built up by obama and a lot of what's got to go away is the national the affordable healthcare act has got to be broken down it's a budget killer it's a job killer we've got to get rid of died frank which is standing in the way of everything and there's been some reports out today talking about how the fifteen dollars minimum wage actually hurts the very people that was designed to help it's this mindset that has to be ok so we actually have we work with actually now if you're saying if you're saying the answer to jobs is you're saying the answer to jobs if you say he has their jobs is deregulating wall street and getting rid of the minimum wage we can't work with that because it's wrong so it's not a matter of just i mean there's a fundamental disagreement here so there are certain time to grow this is the right there's no way that you just heard about credit. for energy but while this is going to be one of the minimum wage i can'

both the house and senate bills provided that funding. yet this budget is choosing to ignore that fact and would result in a cuto title i school districts that don't adopt your proposed policies. i just have -- sec. devos: senator, that is incorrect. again, the budget numbers you received are based upon the mbers prior to the action you took in april. so, the intention is to fully fund the title i -- >> based on numbers that don't exist. we can't play math with this. this is real world. i have a few seconds left. many republicans attack president obama's budgets proposing programs that were not authorized in federal law. but you not only cut the legs out from the bipartisan effort with tse massive cuts, but you programs similar to the ones congress rejected. can you propose -- then you propose holding $1 billion hostage to force states and districts to conform to your ideology. you have requested new authority budget for the proposal because you are not allowed to use the pilot program for promoting your policies. that is correct, right?

the army corps is providing extra capacitty. we're already leaning forward on that. [question away from microphone] >> inevitably, people don't, and wish they had. you have nothing to lose but your life. i want you to take it seriously. i'm not worried about you losing faith in the state and local government. don't worry about parsing whether they're right or wrong, asking if you're going to evacuate. oftentimes people want to supplant their own judgment for theirs. >>. [speaking away from microphone] >> i'm going to leave that judgment to the state and local officials to make those determinations. a lot of state mandatory versus non-mandatory. we've had those decisions and reinforced them with rhetoric. we have faith in the judgment, people affected by the local judgment officials as well. i think it's a good idea to make those preparations and take the steps. >> there's been concern that the patrol check points for border patrol north of the border in texas, have. >> i haven't heard if people doing that. they shouldn't be fearful of a shelter. >> from your shelter,

we are also providing water rescue boats as well local agencies are providing every resource possible to make sure that we can rescue everybody in need. >> garrett: will this be all of texas effort, governor, meaning resources from all over the state and other states brought to bear? >> yes. this is an all-in, all-resource across the state of texas. moments ago i spoke with harris county judge who is chief administrator for harris county talking about more assets. the state of texas can be providing, i'm proud to say that we've been receiving so many offers of help from all of our neighboring states, new mexico, oklahoma and louisiana, even as far away as governor cuomo in new york. is providing resource for us, so we're very appreciative of our fill low states as well as what the federal government has done. the trump administration has provided us everything that we need. >> garrett: i used to live in houston i know that the bayous, once they're filled with water there's no where for the water to go. that is the siio you have a rescue operation that is mandatory and crucial but you

psalm i commented is only one provider our growth but the state regulators should say they don't provide coverage than they should be kicked out of the state now providing coverage to anyone. if that becomes the case then those citizen should receive a sponsor program. but the individual mandate needs to be enforced so right now there is no strictht enforcement. the penalty needs to be a lot stiffer than $100 on your tax return. then it becomes a penalty for not getting insurance. which is stating the fact in this also for providing coverage. >> so just so you know, the map indicates those that have three or more carriers the lighter the color the fewer the carrier's. if you see that one carrier in the county. >> your caller is very well informed and i would make two points in response thatin rs number one he is right they have a lot of power to encourage your compel insurance companies that say if you will not participate we will bar you for rsa a couple of years so it was the incentive to participate but with the individual mandate and maybe one of the few people that support this is a

to actually provide medication assisted treatment. moving the ball forward, there was a general's report on addiction as well. congress through bipartisan action back in december, president obama signed the 21st century cares bill that poured billions of dollars into treatment that is now being of implemented. there is bipartisan movement forward. i think the trump administration thus far -- this is an interim report. the final report is due in october, but i think the commission is looking at some of the right steps. of course, that's all a plan. i must say that if i look back at some of my colleagues at the health and human services, and a lot of agencies are taking a very active role in this crisis. ack in april, they launched a public-private partnership to increase the number of medications for addiction treatment as well as chronic pain, so more research. the fda in the last couple weeks on terry asked -- voluntarily asked the manufacturer to take it off the market. the centers for disease control and prevention issued a report