OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

VA Accountability Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: July 29, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Veterans

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Mr. Chairman, I don't believe I have mentioned the unions one time, but I now think I understand why the disparity in the vote. The senior executive level that we passed the accountability for last year is nonunionized, and the people that we are talking about today are unionized.

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from the First District of Tennessee (Mr. Roe).

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Mr. Chairman, I would remind the gentlewoman that she voted at the last minute before the August work recess for the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act. The same language is in there now. The only difference is it did not cover union employees. This one does.

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from the Sixth District of Colorado (Mr. Coffman).

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Mr. Chairman, I would also say that H.R. 4031 last year was a stand-alone bill that dealt specifically with firing senior executive-level individuals, the same language that is in here now for the rest of the VA.

The Democrats unanimously supported that language in the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act.

I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from the State of Indiana (Mrs. Walorski).


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