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>> well, all government employees typically have a probationary status when they join the v.a. sometimes a year, sometimes two years. >> andrew, what issues did you specifically flag and document in photos? one was the iv room, correct? >> correct. i had four concerns. the first one was the iv room as you were saying and the condition it was in. essentially what was going on was not only was it not being cleaned correctly, but the people that were working in it weren't making i.d.'s appropriately. it wasn't even constructed right. one of the biggest things is we had multiple outbreaks of thing...

Give the secretary not just the ability to fire the top executives within the v.a. but any person in the v.a. that can't or won't do their job. accountability is the most important thing to change the culture at the v.a. unfortunately, the secretary and those at the v.a. have done very little to change that culture. he'll say he fired 1400 individuals since he became secretary. 1,000 of those were on probationary status. we're talking about people that have been with the agency for 10 and 15 years that are so ingrained in the culture that they know that they can't be held accountable, and i th...

Real triggers on e-verify. basically another way of saying if you are not here legally, you can't get a job. we want to get those things right. we want immigration reform that works for our country, national security, good for our economy, and don't want to be in the same boat ten years down the road. we want immigration reform that lasts. we don't want the same problem ten years from now. >> is securing the border first top priority for you? >> it is a top priority for me. important for the trigger as well. but hear what i say. what we're talking about the house is we're saying people who are...

Probationary status. you are here working legal and you are not on a path to citizenship. this is subject to "a" word, amnesty, which is a killer in times past. the problem the good stuff, stuff i described and there is lots of it in the bill is hostage to this kind of accusation. we are making exchange here. we will close the border. really going to do it. but the problem is measuring how well you have done the security piece. we'll see. >> republicans say that is what reagan did. >> he thought he was getting amnesty and turned to exchange. close the border, the border never quite got closed....

Page what i would call a memo of understanding that lays out the principles they say must be part of any deal and these are the principles they all eight agree to. a pathway to citizenship is contingent on first securing the border. by immediately adding new surveillance technology, think drones, more border patrol agents. the proposal would also require a new tracking system to reduce visa overstays. a commission made up of governors in the border states, law enforcement officials and community leaders would assess when enforcement measures had been completed and then the path to citizenship ...