Gosar Applauds Disciplinary Actions for VA Employees that Manipulated Wait Times

Statement

Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs' (VA) announcement that proposed disciplinary actions were warranted for eight Philadelphia VA Regional Office employees and that three other employees who manipulated wait times in order to conceal long backlogs for veteran healthcare claims were also being investigated:

"While I am dismayed that it took 2 1/2 months following action by the House for the VA to propose disciplinary action for VA employees who knowingly broke the law and manipulated veteran wait times, I am pleased to see that some justice is finally being served in the Philadelphia VA Regional Office. Unfortunately, there's still a lack of accountability throughout the VA among more senior officials and more needs to be done to curb the widespread corruption that has been allowed to fester throughout this agency. There is no excuse for the health of our nation's veterans to be at risk as a result of abhorrent wait times and manipulations by VA bureaucrats.

"Any and all employees anywhere in the country that are found to have committed these fraudulent actions should be immediately fired. It is a disgrace that many of these culprits who blatantly caused harm to our nation's military heroes still have their jobs. I will continue scrutinized oversight and to call for more investigations into the VA in order to ensure our veterans receive the care they earned. We must remain vigilant until all of this corruption is weeded out from the VA."

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