Press Release
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Price Votes to Enforce VA Accountability
Calls for Broader Reforms to Promote Health Care Choices for Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06), voted today to enforce new accountability standards for the Department of Veterans Affairs, saying:
"We all share an obligation as grateful beneficiaries of the bravery and sacrifice of our veterans to ensure they have timely access to quality health care. To that end, the White House and Senate ought to work with us to swiftly instate these new accountability measures so that the VA has the tools to help avoid further abhorrent mistreatment of our veterans. However, there’s far more we should be doing to ensure that government bureaucracy does not stand in the way of the care these veterans need.
“There is a broader failure of government here where the perspective of the veteran is not being elevated above the prospective of some bureaucratic protocol. We need to be pursuing broader solutions – like allowing veterans to use their VA benefits at other health facilities. This would be a positive start to helping address our challenges at the VA in a way that actually reflects the very freedom of individual choices these brave men and women fought to protect.”
Congressman Tom Price, M.D., is the vice chairman of the House Committee on the Budget. He is also a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, as well as the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. An orthopaedic surgeon, he spent more than 20 years caring for patients in the metro Atlanta area.
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Price Applauds Passage of WRRDA
Legislation “critically important to our local economy in Georgia.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) applauded the passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA), saying:
"While the Water Resources Reform and Development Act certainly affects our entire country's waterways and infrastructure, it is critically important to our local economy in Georgia. Its successful passage will help advance the necessary expansion of the Savannah Harbor, a key to promoting our state’s commerce. This means more opportunities for growth and good-paying jobs in our communities.
"Both Republicans and Democrats worked together to achieve real results for the American people with legislation that will foster greater prosperity and jobs during a time when our nation desperately needs both.”
Congressman Tom Price, M.D., is the vice chairman of the House Committee on the Budget. He is also a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, as well as the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. An orthopaedic surgeon, he spent more than 20 years caring for patients in the metro Atlanta area.
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