No, it's not going to be enough but it's a step in the right direction. You've got an agency with 330,000 employees in size. This bill will basically focus on about 430 of them. It gives the secretary the ability to fire people who don't do their job.
Congressman Jeff Miller discusses the limitations of a new bill aimed at increasing accountability within the VA.
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Well, that's the president's decision. This is the choice that the president is making. Either you stick with the status quo or you bring somebody in that's going to shake up the system from the very bottom to the top.
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