Press Releases

Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), an Iraq War Veteran and member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the VA’s announced change in leadership:

“Dismissing VA Secretary Shinseki is only a first step towards accountability within the VA; the system needs a wholesale cultural shift in how they treat our veterans. Service to our veterans, not job security for bureaucrats, must be the priority. President Obama must take personal responsibility in fixing this problem.

“I would advise that the next VA Secretary, and the next Under Secretary for Health, need to come from outside the Department of Veterans Affairs and bring in experiences from the private sector to better improve the care and service our veterans receive. I know Sloan Gibson personally, and am encouraged to seem him step up as Acting Secretary for the VA.

“I look forward to continuing my work with the VA, and the new leadership, as we implement long term solutions for our veterans care and break bureaucratic bottlenecks.”

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