Starting, owning, and operating a small business, much like serving our country, requires hard work, determination, and sacrifice.

Veterans who serve our country and are injured in the line of duty face tightened challenges during the already difficult transition from active duty service to civilian life.

I hear you, and I can appreciate those things.

I know that with some other controlled substances, the VA does a great job with things like drug contracts...

Will you be doing randomized drug screenings?

Whistleblowers play a vital role in detecting and preventing corruption. They have saved our government millions of dollars by uncovering malfeasance and wrongdoing.

The culture of accountability also cannot exist if VA employees are not empowered to speak out when they see this harm and harassment.

At best, OAWP was a completely ineffective organization. At worst, it was a tool used to retaliate against the same whistleblowers it was tasked with protecting.

A culture of accountability cannot exist at the VA if their leadership continues to tolerate employees that harm veterans.

It is clear that when accountability slips at VA, it is the veteran who suffers.

The GI Bill has been life changing for millions of our Nation's former service members.