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VETERANS:At Oversight Hearing,Sen.Murray Urges VA Secretary to Reject Trump Administration...
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) ^
| Jun 07 2017
| Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)
Posted on 06/07/2017 5:22:35 PM PDT by mdittmar
VETERANS: At Oversight Hearing, Sen. Murray Urges VA Secretary to Reject Trump Administrations Efforts to Move VA Toward Privatization
While VA works on a long-term plan to reduce wait times and improve veteran care, the Trump Administration is pushing provisions that would weaken the entire VA system
Sen. Murray: These moves show a disturbing trend toward downsizing and dismantling this VA, rather than strengthening the system to better serve millions of veterans in communities in Washington state and across the country
(Washington, D.C.) Today in a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) questioned Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin about whether he supports Trump Administration initiatives that would weaken VA in the coming years, moving the agency toward privatization. Sen. Murray, a senior member of the Committee and the daughter of a World War II veteran, is staunchly opposed to dismantling VA and has urged her colleagues in Congress to support a series of reforms to strengthen veteran care. In todays hearing, Sen. Murray asked Secretary Shulkin about particular provisions that would destabilize the system.
Watch the exchange between Sen. Murray and Secretary David Shulkin here.
In 2014, in the wake of the Phoenix VA wait list scandal, Congress passed the temporary Veteran Choice Act to give veterans who meet certain criteria the option to seek outside care. As the temporary program winds down, Sen. Murray has repeatedly urged her colleagues to strengthen VA and reform community care to better serve veterans in both rural and urban areas. For more on Sen. Murrays five principles to reform VA care, click here.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: veterans
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To: mdittmar
DeplorableAmerican: I would love to reject Senator Murray.
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posted on
06/07/2017 6:33:59 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
To: mdittmar
VETERANS:At Oversight Hearing,Sen.Murray Urges VA Secretary to Reject Trump Administration...
Senator Patty Murray is the ultimate witch in the U.S. senate. She is almost like Queen Hillary!
We already know that Congress can not fix anything and that my Free Republic friends is the real truth and nothing but the truth!
We are sick of our tax dollars being spent where we have a bloated bureaucracy with the current VA administration. The term drain the swamp really is a relevant term for the VA right now.
Our former troops deserve better treatment!
To: mdittmar
VETERANS:At Oversight Hearing,Sen.Murray Urges VA Secretary to Reject Trump Administration...
Senator Patty Murray is the ultimate witch in the U.S. senate. She is almost like Queen Hillary!
We already know that Congress can not fix anything and that my Free Republic friends is the real truth and nothing but the truth!
We are sick of our tax dollars being spent where we have a bloated bureaucracy with the current VA administration. The term drain the swamp really is a relevant term for the VA right now.
Our former troops deserve better treatment!
To: mdittmar
IDIOT.
“The bloated, corrupt, slow, inefficient, VA needs to become more bloated, corrupt, slow and inefficient with more government spending and programs.”
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posted on
06/07/2017 7:03:05 PM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
06/07/2017 7:21:29 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
To: SkyDancer
It’s well known that out of all the Senators, she is the stupidest.
Regrettably, she (and Can’t do well) are from my very democrat state.
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posted on
06/07/2017 7:31:49 PM PDT
by
TheConservator
("The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." -- Aristotle)
To: TheConservator
Its well known that out of all the Senators, she is the stupidest.For years, she had competition from Boxer, Mikulski and Ted Kennedy, but now I think she has the field all to herself.
I've had dealings with her people on rail issues, and it's her staff that keeps her afloat. She has one of the best in the Senate.
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posted on
06/07/2017 7:34:46 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
To: mdittmar
Like Shulkin is going to listen to that hag? I think NOT!
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:21:00 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: SandRat
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:22:08 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: democratsaremyenemy
She is stupider than Maxine Waters...
Impossible~
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:30:31 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: Parley Baer
Because the Federal Government has done a great job with our nations vets?
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06/07/2017 9:12:19 PM PDT
by
kempster
To: LUV W
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posted on
06/08/2017 5:35:26 AM PDT
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SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: SandRat
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posted on
06/08/2017 7:41:31 AM PDT
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: Deplorable American1776
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KeyLargo
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