Today, the VA Inspector General released a report illustrating that 64% of the cases they review at the Colorado Springs VA Clinic are experiencing wait times in excess of 30 days and that the VA staff are falsifying records to make this appear to not be the case.

“This Inspector General report makes me furious. At every chance they get, VA officials obstruct and hide their failures to care for our veterans. No matter what oversight steps we take in Congress, the VA continues to try and prevent the full implementation of the Choice Act designed to provide timely care to veterans. Congress has met every funding request from the VA. We have given them tools to fire incompetent employees. I am sick and tired of not getting the outcome that we are paying for. We will hold hearings on this matter and I will personally bring this to the attention of the House and Senate VA Committee Chairmen and the VA Secretary.

It is morally imperative that President Obama reins in his out-of-control VA Department, they are failing too many of our veterans. Caring for veterans is vitally important to me. It’s why I have four veterans on my staff and why the overwhelming majority of my casework and my constituent outreach activities involve assisting and communicating with veterans. I will not relent until our veterans are receiving the care they have earned from the VA.”