Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. I am proud to represent North Carolina. North Carolina has nearly 1 million veterans in the State. When you add to that the members of the armed services inactive and in the Reserve and the National Guard, we are over 1.2 million people. They, too, will become veterans someday. We need to fix this so that the problems our veterans are experiencing today are not experienced by the men and women who are fighting for our freedom wherever we ask them to go. Mr. President, I know you know a lot about the lack of accountability in the VA within your great State of Colorado. We have problems. We have to increase the accountability in the VA. In 2014, in the wake of the Phoenix wait list scandal, Congress came together and demanded accountability. That is why they passed the Veterans Choice Act. When the President signed the bill into law, he stated: If you engage in unethical practice, if you cover up a serious problem, you should be fired. Period. It shouldn't be that difficult. Now we are hearing just recently that apparently in consultation with the President, Attorney General Lynch and the Justice Department have decided not to defend the Veterans Choice Act against the constitutional challenge from Sharon Helman, the former director of the Phoenix VA who sat on top of this scandal and was fired for her role denying veterans' access. This same disgraced VA executive also pled guilty to hiding more than $50,000 in gifts from lobbyists.…”