Time. Placing an employee on openended paid vacation as reward for bad behavior instead of removing them. Next, hr 571, the Veterans Affairs retaliation prevention act would improve the process for whistleblowers within the department to report waste fraud, and abuse, to correct problems at the lowest level in the agency possible. Perhaps more portly it would expand accountability of supervisors who would seek to retaliate against employees who report wrongdoing. Also, require the v. A. To undertake more training procedures to ensure employees are well aware of their rights and methods to report wrongdoing, and supervisors know there are serious consequences. It is a massive substantial support focus on whistleblower protection. I introduced hr 94. It would give the secretary the ability to remove any employee in a similar process that found that was found in a choice act signed into law last summer. Also our protections to ensure this process is not apply to whistleblowers, an extensi
Whistleblowers, an extension of nonmedical employee probationary periods and requirement that gao conduct a study of the a time space, and resources devoted to labor union activities. I encourage those of you today if you have not already research this legislation, please do so. We would welcome your support of these crucial pieces of legislation. I look forward to hearing from each of you today, and the groups that you represent. I now yield five minutes to the senator from georgia, my good friend mr. Isaacson. Senator isaacson i want to do laughs because i was late. I apologize. I will followup briefly on what chairman miller said. We are delighted to have you today. We appreciate what they do for the veterans. We have a lot of challenges but the chairman of the house and i have committed that we are not just caretakers of the status quo but instigators of improvement. We think v. A. Health care is important. We want Veterans Health care to work. We want veterans to have the best hea
Expolice its jurisdiction over the con explicit jurisdiction over the countrys seat of government. The extent to which congress should oversee or intervene in the governance of the district is a debate for another day, but its clearly our responsibility. Current law compels congressional oversight and we must exercise responsibly that jurisdiction. That includes acting to stop legislation that clearly violates the constitutional freedoms of the citizens of the district. Mr. Speaker, its important to note that women are protected by law, both federal and d. C. , from discrimination on the basis of pregnan would actually give employers the right to fire an employee for the Reproductive Health care choices of their spouses or their children. The other side is saying its all right to fire someone because their boss doesnt like their wifes or even their Childrens Health care choices. Talk about restricting someones rights. It would take away a whole range of womens private decisions and mak
Devastation still lingers along the gulf coast. In the ninth ward, weeds and vines have taken over. Only 24 of the residents have made their way home. The numbers are a bit better citywide. New orleans is at 78 of its prekatrina population. The latest census data shows the population in biloxi has dropped every year since katrina, but for this 89yearold, he said he to come back. Memories, i wanted them preserved. Being born here, i wanted to stay until i died. He was able to salvage a window from his original house. Its now the centerpiece of his new home. Speaking of new homes, many hurricane survivors fled to the bay area to start new lives in an nbc bay area morning news exclusive, Christie Smith caught up with one of them to see how theyre adjusting. She joins us live. Reporter good morning to you. His name is eric butler. He fled louisiana with 11 family members. They had never been to oakland before, never been to california, but found a rescue group here and this was really the
Their chance to get him off the street two days earlier. How prepared are other hospitals as ebola threatens to become one of our Biggest Health concerns in years. Our chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta is at cnn head quarters. Rene marsh at Dulles Airport outside washington. Sanjay, these four close family members of mr. Duncan who were ordered the stain side their home, and if they leave before october 19th, they could be placed under arrest. Why would authorities require this . Well, they want to keep a close eye on them. The concern is that they had direct contact with mr. Duncan, could they develop symptoms themselves. At first they said, look, its okay, go about your business. We just want to make sure you take your temperature twice a day. We have to be able to monitor you that way. For whatever reason, either because they werent complying or were not able to reliably get those temperatures, they say well put you in a location where we can find you. They went through s