A sweeping omnibus package aimed at overhauling the Veterans Affairs Department is gaining ground on Capitol Hill.
Sens. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Veterans First Act on Aprils 28. The bill will create a “new VA” through a “very important and very effective and very direct piece of legislation,” Isakson said.
“This is a little bit like fixing the plane while you’re flying it,” Blumenthal said during a press conference at the Capitol. “This system can be and must be improved, and this measure will help advance its efficiency and its fairness. That’s the real lesson here. We are learning from experience, we are learning from the problems that have arisen in the existing system and we’re making it better. And there may well be a need to make it better still. This may not be the last word, but the point is we have to go forward and make sure that there is strict accountability, not just in the rules but in the culture.”
The VA has maintained a place in headlines and the national spotlight for issues related from accountability of senior executives to patient wait times to whistleblower investigations.
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ReplyDeleteThere is nothing anyone can do to fix our problems,they are founded on an EVIL structure.
this problem has been a great issue for the last 7 and a half years , what does that tell you , Obama !
ReplyDeletePoliticians have made matters worse! They need to include veterans in the discussions and listen to what we have to say. We have firsthand knowledge of what we see and hear at the VA facilities. The low-end govt employees who don't do their jobs need to go with the top executives who abuse the system and yet receive big bonuses.
ReplyDeleteJust another example of Donald Trump already making a difference. The career politicians did nothing until outsider Trump made an issue of it. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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