Republican members of Congress are criticizing and calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to explain why it is not using the administrative tools and options it has available to terminate the employment of workers who cause problems and undermine the delivery of care and the proper operation of VA medical facilities.
In their complaint and inquiry, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and House Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif) say that the Biden administration has chosen to disregard the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 that Sen. Rubio sponsored and which President Donald Trump signed into law….