WATCH: Rep. Steve Scalise hammers Tom Frieden over travel ban and any conversations with the WH. Steve Scalise Leaves CDC’s Frieden Stuttering Over Ebola Travel Ban. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., firing off a string of questions at the end of the hearing about what conversations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had had with the White House on travel bans. CDC Director Tom Frieden did not answer directly.