Rubio: Veterans Affairs Bill Should Not Be Rammed Through Congress Without Real Accountability Reforms

Statement

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), the lead Senate sponsor of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Accountability Act of 2015, issued the following statement regarding the VA reform legislation pending action on the floor:

"We all believe our veterans deserve the utmost respect and highest quality of post-service health care available, but it's unfortunate the labor unions have so far gotten their way in writing the VA accountability provisions in the Senate's VA reform bill. The VA "reform' bill as it stands today should not be rammed through Congress without real accountability reforms being added to it. It's simple: if you work at the VA and work against the interests of our veterans through your negligence, indifference, incompetence or corruption, the VA secretary should be able to fire you. The current VA bill includes too many loopholes that let bad VA employees off the hook, and either we work through it and get it fixed in the coming weeks, or this bill will not be rammed through."

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