we are also united by the sacred trust that we have with our veterans and their families.
I am so proud, Senator Johnson, to have you join in this effort.
I was more than disappointed when the representatives from the VA testified against the Accountability Act.
Unless we really have the ability to hold people accountable, that is what causes these types of tragedies.
Another piece of legislation I introduced was the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick--let me give you the full title of that one as w...
I hope that the VA will embrace and help support the passage of that piece of legislation to give those whistleblowers t...
That is an incredibly important point you are making.
I could not agree more.
I would like to hear both of you on that, but, this was first noticed by the team doing the inspection.
As Americans, we are united.
There was so many reports and it was so obvious that Dr. Houlihan, according to testimony, was a bully.
What I thought was quite shocking as we got involved in this situation, is that the Office of Inspector General had 140 ...
Senator Carper, who is our Ranking Member of the Committee, has a statement and a Minority Views Memo that he would like...
I would argue that the responsibility of the Inspector General is to make that information public and also make sure tha...
I was disturbed to learn, after I was briefed, that things that the IG staff was aware of did not make it into the final...
the level of retaliation against those people that have the courage to come forward, like Dr. Noelle Johnson, like Ryan ...
But we want to give you that authority, because you have to have it.
I mean, I understand that probably the most corrosive thing to any organization is not being able to hold the bad actors...
