House GOP aims to hold VA accountable two years later

Published May 21, 2016 10:00am ET



Florida Rep. Gus Bilirakis outlined Saturday steps House Republicans have taken to hold the Department of Veterans’ Affairs accountable for internal reforms it had promised, but has failed to follow through with in the wake of the 2014 scandal.

“Despite receiving more funding, the VA is still taking too long to process claims. Wait times are actually worse,” Bilikrakis said in the GOP weekly address. “Despite receiving more authority to clean up the bureaucracy, the VA has held almost no one accountable for manipulating wait times. Meanwhile, some of the same people responsible for these problems received bonuses as if nothing happened.”

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