So will I and many many Veterans Senator Murray, so will we! The recent past is still fresh in the minds, the 108th and 109th Congresses and still ongoing two Wars of Choice, the 'purple heart bandages', the magnetic ribbons and lapel flag pins, the total lack of Demanding 'Sacrifice' from the Country especially in the just completed political campaign season as well as since the start of the 112th Congress. We will be watching, especially, the House and your Senate colleagues "like a hawk" as well, we already started, not another DeJa-Vu Vietnam as to Veterans!
Newly named Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., gestures during an interview with The Associated Press , Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon, AP / January 26, 2011)
January 27, 2011 - The GOP chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Rep. Jeff Miller, promised on Thursday a thorough review of spending for veterans' programs.
His newly appointed counterpart in the Senate, Sen. Patty Murray, said she will be watching Republicans "like a hawk" to ensure veterans get their financial due.
The House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees have jurisdiction over the Veterans Affairs Department, one of the largest federal agencies with a $114 billion budget and 300,000 employees. It provides benefits checks and medical services to the nation's 22 million veterans, including the thousands coming home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with mental and physical wounds.
House Veterans' Affairs Chairman Miller, a conservative from the Florida Panhandle, said the VA has had record budget increases in the last decade with little oversight by either party over how the money was spent.
"As we move forward, all areas will have to be reviewed, and that includes looking at the Defense Department, looking at Homeland Security and looking at Veterans Affairs," Miller said. {continued}
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