Dear
Friends,
Thank
you
for
subscribing
to
my
e-newsletter;
it
has
been
a
busy
week
in
Washington
as
we
work
to
tackle
the
issues
at
the
VA,
significant
portions
of
my
SKILLS
Act
passed
the
Senate,
and
the
Supreme
Court
unanimously
rejected
President
Obama’s
attempts
to
stack
the
deck
at
the
NLRB.
Pushing
for
Answers
from
the
VA
Two
weeks
ago,
I
sent
a
letter
to
Acting
Secretary
Sloan
Gibson
demanding
answers
about
all
13
South
Carolina
facilities.
As
the
Obama
Administration
has
failed
to
provide
answers
to
my
questions
regarding
secret
waiting
lists,
employee
bonuses
and
other
important
parts
of
this
scandal,
I now
plan
to
directly
ask
the
South
Carolina’s
VA
medical
centers and
community
based
outpatient
clinics
the
questions
Washington,
D.C.
has
neglected
to
answer.
I
hope
that
each
facility
will
be
more
forthcoming
and
transparent
about
their
processes,
wait
times
and
the
scheduling
challenges
they
are
facing. I’ll
continue
to
press
the
Obama
Administration
and
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
for
answers
because
getting
to
the
bottom
of
the
problems
facing
the
VA
system
is
vital
to
ensuring
our
veterans
and
families
receive
the
care
they
have
earned.
Creating
a
More
Efficient
Workforce
Development
System
This
week
the
Senate
passed
the bipartisan
agreement
on
the
Workforce
Innovation
and
Opportunity
Act,
which
contains
several
key
components
of
my
SKILLS
Act
–
an
important
piece
of
my
Opportunity
Agenda.
I
am
very
pleased
the
Senate
moved
forward
in
transforming
our
nation’s
broken
workforce
development
and
training
system
With
the
inclusion
of
several
key
components
of my
SKILLS
Act,
those
looking
for
work
and
job
training
will
have
easier
access
to
a
more
efficient
workforce
development
system
–
an
essential
step
to
competing
in
the
global
21st
century
economy.
This
agreement
is
the
result
of
a
true
commitment
by
both
parties
and
both
chambers
to
reform
our
workforce
development
system,
and
will
help
ensure
American
competitiveness
and
reform
the
current
outdated
system.
Unanimous
Rejection
by
the
Supreme
Court
Yesterday,
the
Supreme
Court’s
decided
that President
Obama’s
recess
appointments
to
the
National
Labor
Relations
Board (NLRB)
in
2012
were
unconstitutional.
The
Court’s
decision
is
a
positive
step
forward
for
hardworking
American
families
–
we’ve
seen
firsthand
in
South
Carolina
what
happens
when
the
NLRB
acts
as
a
partisan
weapon.
As
I
have
said
from
the
beginning,
President
Obama’s
attempt
to
stack
the
deck
at
the
NLRB
is
unconstitutional.
This
administration’s
efforts
to
turn
the
NLRB
into
a
pro-union,
anti-business
clearinghouse
has
made
it
that
much
harder
for
our
economy
to
turn
the
corner
and
more
difficult
for
folks
to
get
back
to
work.
I
sat
down
with
Greta
Van
Susteren
last
night
to
discuss
this,
you
can
watch here.
Thanks
again
for
subscribing,
and
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Sincerely,
Tim