Buyer: Senator Reid off-target, should join to help Nicholson reform VA

Washington, DC — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) today issued the following statement in connection with a call by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for the resignation of Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson.

 “Secretary Jim Nicholson inherited an information management system that has been festering over the years with inherent cultural problems.  He has accepted responsibility and is taking action to both develop a system worthy of the veterans it serves and to reform the dysfunctional culture at VA. 

 Senator Reid’s call for resignation is off-target.  I call on Harry Reid and his colleagues to join with the House and help Senator Craig in a bipartisan effort to give Secretary Nicholson what he needs to provide veterans the care and benefits they have earned.

 Otherwise, Senator Reid, your words are hollow and mere partisan politics.”

 

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