US House Rep Jeff Miller is the Chair of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.  His office issued the following statement Monday (and I will include it in today's snapshot):

Chairman Miller Responds to Calls for VA Leadership Changes

For more information, contact: Curt Cashour, (202) 225-3527

May 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Following the American Legion’s calls for VA leadership changes, Chairman Miller released the following statement:


“Make no mistake. There is a crisis of confidence with VA’s top leadership, and the American Legion’s calls for the resignations of the department’s top leaders should be sending shock waves through the White House. I have the utmost respect for Commander Dellinger’s opinion, and while I am going to wait until VA’s inspector general releases its report on the situation in Phoenix before deciding to call for any personnel changes, this much is clear: for nearly a year, we have been pleading with top department leaders and President Obama to take immediate steps to stop the growing pattern of preventable veteran deaths and hold accountable any and all VA employees who have allowed patients to slip through the cracks. In response, we’ve received disturbing silence from the White House and one excuse after another from VA. Right now, President Obama and Sec. Shinseki are faced with a stark choice: take immediate action to help us end the culture of complacency that is engulfing the Veterans Health Administration and compromising patient safety, or explain to the American people and America’s veterans why we should tolerate the status quo.”

– Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs



Related


Chairman Miller letter to President Obama


May 21, 2013

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