House Republicans are fuming over the Department of Veterans’ Affairs claiming that the GOP’s debt limit and spending cut bill would endanger services and benefits for veterans.
“In my nine years as a member of Congress, I have never seen the use of an agency that is so vitally important to so many people be used as a political hammer, to deliver a message that is false, so that it would stir people up to cause our veterans to be used as pawns in a political game,” House Veterans Affairs’ Committee Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) said in a press call on Sunday afternoon.
“They’re shamelessly lying about veterans benefits and politicizing the VA to do so,” House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said.
More than a dozen members on the call, almost all of them veterans, aired their frustration while reiterating they will ensure no veteran benefits are cut.
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) suggested that House Republicans should investigate the VA for violating federal false statements statues with their claims. And Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) suggested cutting funds for the VA’s communications department.
“Obviously they have too much money in the communications department if they’re spending it on political purposes,” Harris said.
Bost revealed that he spoke to VA Secretary Denis McDonough on Sunday morning to voice his frustrations.
“I had been working on trying to figure out how to calm down to talk to him,” Bost said.
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