“This is unacceptable,” said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, (R-IL)(20%-F). “We can’t have this – why do we have a lower standard of food service for our veterans where serving cockroaches is acceptable? Any restaurant with this problem would be shut down.” Kirk has been an outspoken critic of sanitation and pest control problems at Hines VA. Documents and whistleblower statements indicate the infestation has been ongoing for years without remedy. “The employees tell me that the bugs are worse since the article came out – not better,” Gilkey said. “The problem with Hines is that they are like the Vatican in a way. They have their own police force and zip code.”
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