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Accountability in our processes to ensure in each of these areas we get better results and show the american people that we are committed to being good stewards of taxpayer resources, staying true to our mission at the agency, which i believe we are and have, and im committed to doing that. >> i yield back my time. i turn to the ranking member of the subcommittee for five minutes. >> thank you. recently it came out that two epa employees who came with you to washington from oklahoma were given s...

And people coming out at the last minute like this is not that unusual. i wanted to get you on the record. >> are you uncomfortable -- well pb what do you want me on the record saying. >> saying whether or not the white house still backs the nominee and it seems the answer is yes for now you do. >> so for today absolutely. sarah sanders said at a that frtd podium. i spoke with the president and dr. jackson. theyre probably speaking again tonight. but what the president said yesterday was very im...

Dr. jackson. theyre probably speaking again tonight. but what the president said yesterday was very important. you should digest it all. i stand him him he wants to stay. i certainly understand if he looks up and said why do i need this? the processes are so brutal. >> its the presidents call. its his choice whether he stays or goes. >> its both of their calls. no, no, only both. >> only one president his call. >> excuse me. excuse me process. the nominee can also withdraw himself from considera...

Its happening at a vastly accelerated rate now. it is not unprecedented but it is at a new extreme. the results are devastating. theyre generational. you have colin powell on this book on the record saying rex tillerson tore the guts out of the state department. this is mortgaging your future. and the reason it has a ren rational impact is the people who should be ambassadors 20 years from now arent even entering the system. we are denigrating the position that will take time to rebuild. however...

He has not mastered the art of it deal let alone vetting, don. >> this is really about the vetting process. whether hes, you know, accused of these things or is found guilty of these things, guilty of them or not, there was no vetting process. im sorry, go ahead, simone. >> i mean no vetting whatsoever. this isnt rocket science. one could argue, fine, trump people are new, but there are processes in place. this isnt someone has nominated a va secretary or cabinet secretary. you do a google searc...

Im sorry, go ahead, symone. >> i mean no vetting whatsoever. this isnt rocket science. one could argue, fine, trump people are new, but there are processes in place. this isnt the first time that someone has to nominate a v.a. secretary or cabinet secretary. you do a google search, a background check. i was on an e-mail chain the other day about a project im working on and two people were in an ad for all of 20 seconds and we vetted them because that is in fact what you do. so the fact that the ...

Do, its, you know, its just part of prosecutorial dna to make sure that righteous cases move forward, then you have to believe that the good cases here will continue to progress whether mueller is in place or not. >> and joyce, just as a practical matter, am i right in thinking that just in terms of the logistics and a presidents ability to hire and fire people, its actually kind of hard for a president to fire career justice department officials, right? when it comes to a presidential appointee...

At the department, and i do, its just part of prosecutorial dna to make sure that righteous cases move forward, then you have to believe that the good cases here will continue to progress whether mueller is in place or not. >> and joyce, just as a practical matter, am i right in thinking that just in terms of the logistics and a presidents ability to hire and fire people, its actually kind of hard for a president to fire career justice department officials, right? when it comes to a presidential...

The processes at this point should be in place to run things, to run the government more smoothly. yet you see this next example of something that should be a fairly simple process running into a speed bump. >> absolutely. you know, the question that i have, john, i think the others are asking is if they did not vet dr. jackson, who else has been put forth before the american people or currently serves in the white house that the point who was also not vetted. we have seen many instances of folk...

Do is set the broader context which is this is the problem at the moment for ronnie jackson. but the bigger problem is there was a lot of concerns by both republicans and democrats before whether he was actually the right guy for the choice to run this massive, massive bureaucracy that he has no experience doing. so this is just kind of the latest hitch and this could be the thing that derails his entire confirmation process. >> but even more broadly than that, its not just is it about ronnie ja...