[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8817]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HOLDING VA EXECUTIVES ACCOUNTABLE

  (Mr. DAINES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAINES. Mr. Speaker, like many Montanans, I am outraged by 
reports that a number of VA clinics have failed to give our veterans 
the care and honor they deserve. These clinics deliberately covered up 
delays that may have led to the preventable deaths of at least 40 
veterans, yet the VA executives at these troubled facilities are more 
likely to be given a bonus than face any sort of accountability. This 
is disgraceful, and I stand with the millions of Americans who are 
demanding accountability from the VA.
  The Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act will 
ensure the VA is able to remove career appointees who are failing to do 
their jobs. And this is common sense. If you fail to do your job and 
fail the men and women you serve, you shouldn't be getting bonuses. You 
should be held accountable. Our veterans deserve nothing less.

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