[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 IN SUPPORT OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, RETIRED GENERAL ERIC K. 
                                SHINSEKI

  (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, as a Vietnam veteran, I rise today to 
offer my strong support for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, General 
Eric Shinseki.
  Since taking over the VA, General Shinseki has made veterans a top 
priority, enrolling over 2 million new veterans from our wars in Iraq 
and Afghanistan and reducing veteran homelessness by about 24 percent.
  With new reports of coverups at VA facilities, the Secretary has also 
called for an independent review and nationwide audit, giving his word 
that he will do all he can to fix a system that was broken long before 
he took over.
  So let us stand together to do right by our veterans. General 
Shinseki is right for America's veterans. He is a tried and proven 
leader, the highest ranked Asian Pacific American in the history of the 
United States, who told our Nation the truth about Iraq when no one 
would listen. He will now tell us the truth about the VA. And once the 
independent review and audit is completed, he will hold accountable any 
and all who have done our veterans wrong.
  I say this to Secretary Shinseki: Do not resign. We are with you. Go 
for broke. And let's clean up this mess that had been there way before 
you took over.

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