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Gunny
09-09-2014, 09:28 AM
Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, skipped a key Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Committee hearing in 2012 on the same day he had a fundraiser, again raising questions about his commitment to veterans’ issues, Republicans say.

The GOP had already pounced on Braley for missing a hearing held by the full House VA Committee on Sept. 20, 2012, where lawmakers discussed long wait times for veterans’ mental health care, the backlog of disability claims, and the stewardship of VA funding. He also attended three fundraisers that day.


Government records show that Braley, this year’s Democratic Senate candidate in Iowa, also missed a VA hearing on Feb. 15, 2012. Then VA Secretary Eric Shinseki discussed the department’s 2013 budget request at the meeting.

Braley was scheduled to attend a breakfast fundraiser that morning with several union PACs, according to the Sunlight Foundation. The fundraiser was scheduled to end at 9:30 a.m., while the hearing began at 10:31.


Republicans again pointed to Braley’s absence at the hearing as evidence that he failed to take VA issues seriously before details emerged of a national scandal at medical centers. Shinseki resigned in May following multiple reports of VA employees who falsified patient records to conceal long wait times at facilities.



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/09/dem-congressman-skipped-va-hearing-attended-fundraiser-on-same-day/?intcmp=latestnews

Not very cool. If you don't want the job, step down from the position.

Gaffer
09-09-2014, 09:32 AM
He wants the prestige and that fat retirement check.

Gunny
09-09-2014, 09:39 AM
He wants the prestige and that fat retirement check.

I wonder if it ever crosses his mind he's playing with the lives of others ....

Gaffer
09-09-2014, 09:46 AM
I wonder if it ever crosses his mind he's playing with the lives of others ....

Dollar to a donut he doesn't even think about it.

Shadow
09-09-2014, 12:31 PM
Can't be. We all know that a democrat would NEVER pass up an opportunity to " support the troops".

Shadow
09-09-2014, 12:32 PM
I wonder if it ever crosses his mind he's playing with the lives of others ....
Like he would care.

aboutime
09-09-2014, 02:50 PM
Exactly why I DO NOT TRUST, or BELIEVE any...ANY...Politician.

How long does it take for everyone to finally understand?

Politicians...from all parties....in this Century. Are only in the business of Politics for their OWN benefit, and career.

We make jokes about how we know if a politician is lying? Their mouth is moving! But...is it a Joke?

WE THE PEOPLE are being cheated, lied to, betrayed, extorted, and robbed every day.

If anyone denies that. You deserve the best government..your money can buy.