Senator Johnny Isakson (above) is the Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and his office issued the following today.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 23, 2016
Contact: Amanda Maddox, 202-224-7777
Marie Gordon, 770-661-0999
Isakson Statement on VA Secretary’s Comments on VA Wait-time Scandal, Lines at Disneyland
‘I
am extremely disappointed in Secretary McDonald’s comparison of the
deadly VA wait-time scandal to long lines at an amusement park’
WASHINGTON
– U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee
on Veterans’ Affairs, today released the
following statement after Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary
Robert McDonald compared wait times for veterans seeking access to
health care at the VA to “the number of hours you wait in line” at
Disneyland:
“I
am extremely disappointed in Secretary McDonald’s comparison of the
deadly VA wait-time scandal to long lines at an amusement park. This
type of attitude is why I have introduced the Veterans
First Act to hold VA employees accountable and to make sure they know
that veterans’ access to timely and quality care is a matter that we
take very seriously.”
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