BLITZER: A member of the House Oversight Committee opening today's hearing on the United States' response to the Ebola crisis. The hearing today centered on hospital preparedness in the United States, especially now that another case has been diagnosed. This one in New York City. The hearing also focused on the response in West Africa, the so-called hot zone. Joining us now, New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. She's a Democrat on that committee, as well. Congresswoman, thanks very much for joining us. Are hospitals around the United States prepare or is there still an enormous amount of work that needs to be done?</s>REP. CAROLYN MALONEY (D), HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: There's always more that you can do, but I would say, and in New York when we've got the first Ebola patient, that our professional teams responded. They didn't make any mistakes. They did everything right based on what we know we learned from Dallas. He came into the country 10 days ago, he was immediately picked up by CDC and border patrol. He was being monitored by medical professionals at his home. The minute he -- his temperature escalated, a professional hazmat team came and picked him up in a special vehicle with specially trained people. He was taken to Bellevue, that was designated as one of eight hospitals by Governor Cuomo to be ready. The CDC was already at Belleview training them. Three more came in today. More will come in.</s>BLITZER: So you're confident that they got the job done at Bellevue?</s>MALONEY: I am - I am very proud of the medical team at Bellevue.
Interview with Rep. Carolyn Maloney