Since our inception, Concerned Veterans
for America (CVA) has been calling for more accountability at the Department of
Veterans Affairs and has been advocating for commonsense reforms that make it
easier to fire bad VA employees. Almost every day there are stories that
reinforce the fact there is still an utter lack of accountability within the
VA. Whether it is the fact that it took over a year to fire a VA employee that
left a veteran with substance abuse problems at a crack house or the fact that the VA reinstated an employee
who pled guilty to participating in an armed robbery, it is abundantly clear to
most veterans that the VA has a toxic culture that is still in need of much
more accountability and reform. That is why veterans overwhelmingly support
reforms that introduce more accountability to the VA.
Sadly, the United States Senate does
not seem to agree with America's veterans when it comes to the need for more
accountability at the VA. Two weeks ago, Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a deceptively-named bill called the
Veterans First Act -- a bill which they claim would put veterans first at the
VA and make it easier to fire bad VA employees. But the bill does neither and,
if passed, will further entrench an out of control VA bureaucracy, in addition
to allowing VA employees guilty of misconduct to continue to escape punishment
for their actions. Even more troubling is that the Veterans First Act was
crafted in a way to appease big-government unions like the American Federation
of Government Employees -- an organization that opposes any reform that will
upset the status quo at the VA. That fact alone should be alarming to anyone
who is serious about reforming and fixing the VA.
All of this is unacceptable.
This is why we need you to contact your senators NOW and demand that they stand
with veterans -- not big-government unions -- and oppose the Veterans First
Act.
CVA has made it simple to
contact your senators. All you need to do is click here, fill out the form, and
then you can quickly send an email to your Senators urging them to stand up for
real accountability at the VA -- not the fake accountability in the Veterans
First Act.
The Senate even has a
chance to vote on a bill that introduces true accountability to the VA -- the
VA Accountability Act -- which has already passed the House of Representatives
on a bipartisan vote and which is supported by almost every major veteran
group. Yet, they are instead choosing to advance a bill that will do nothing to
improve to toxic and corrupt culture within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
So please, contact your
Senators and demand they support real accountability and oppose the Veterans
First Act.
For freedom,
Dan Caldwell Signature
Dan Caldwell
Vice President for Political and Legislative Action
Concerned Veterans for America
Dan Caldwell Signature
Dan Caldwell
Vice President for Political and Legislative Action
Concerned Veterans for America
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