[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4418-4419]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     VA ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION

  (Mr. BENISHEK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to urge the Senate to quickly 
act on House-passed VA accountability legislation.

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  According to recent VA Inspector General reports, wait time 
manipulation occurred at 40 VA facilities in 19 States. Yet, almost no 
one has seriously been held accountable for these failures.
  This isn't even including the most egregious example of failures, 
like the VA employee who was convicted of charges related to armed 
robbery and still couldn't be fired.
  The House has passed legislation to get at the root of this problem, 
and it is past time the Senate acts.
  H.R. 1994, the VA Accountability Act, contains my legislation that 
forces VA employees to solve problems for veterans. If they can't, then 
the VA needs to make room for someone who can. Our veterans are too 
important to us, and they are counting on Congress to deliver them the 
care they need and deserve.
  We have to send the VA accountability legislation to the President's 
desk now.

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