WASHINGTON (TNND) — Doug Collins, President Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, promised Tuesday that the agency would not assist with migrant healthcare under his leadership.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has criticized the Department of Veterans Affairs for delays in paying veterans millions of dollars in medical co-payment refunds and for not having a plan to
Punishing underperforming VA workers was a priority during Trump's first term. Congressional leaders want to zero in on the problem again.
Lawmakers are making the fast-track firing bill a legislative priority in a new session of Congress as the incoming Trump administration proposes similar goals.
In one of their first concrete actions of the new congressional session, the chairmen of the committees that oversee the Department of Veterans Affairs introduced a bill aimed at making it easier to fire bad VA employees.
VA Secretary Denis McDonough said the VA has briefed the incoming Trump administration about the VA’s unaddressed budget shortfall.