Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tried to play partisan politics with the VA on the Senate floor, and was hammered by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for voting against veterans.
Rubio was trying to get the Senate to vote, without a hearing on the bill that House passed yesterday relating to speeding up the firing process for VA employees. Sen. Rubio tried to turn this problem into an attack on President Obama, but Sen. Sanders responded by pointing out the real Republican record on supporting veterans.
Video: Bernie Sanders is at 28 Minutes
Sen. Rubio: so yesterday we all
watched with great attention as the president addressed this issue and
expressed outrage, rightfully so, at what’s occurring. and what the president
said is that over the next week there’s going to be an initial report and then
ultimately a report at the end of the month about what needs to be done to
improve the system and, more importantly, who needs to be held accountable. and
i think that’s critical he here, because one of the things that we’re learning
is not simply that there’s a systemic problem in the veterans administration,
but that there’s been a deliberate effort by some within the administration,
some within the veterans administration to cover it up or to make things look
better than they actually are. and that should trouble us even more, because
the immediate reaction when an agency is confronted with a problem should be,
we need to fix this.
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