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Good
afternoon
-
Our
national
debt
has
skyrocketed
to
more
than
$19
trillion;
enough
is
enough!
I
pledged
to
you
that
I
would
work
tirelessly
to
make
Washington
squeal,
which
is
why
every
month
I
give
out
the Squeal
Award
to
expose
and
work
to
eliminate
the
culture
of
waste,
fraud
and
abuse.
Squeal
Award:
VA
Employee
Bonuses
A
recent report
revealed
that
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
awarded
more
than
$177
million
in
bonuses
to
nearly
189,000
employees
in
Fiscal
Year
2015,
including
more
than
$3.3
million
in
bonuses
to
300
senior
executives.
Shockingly,
according
to
the
report,
"More
than
half
the
agency’s
employees
received
a
bonus,
again
raising
concerns
about
the
performance
review
process
used
to
evaluate
workers."
It
is
unacceptable
that
VA
employees
are
receiving
lavish
bonuses
while
our
veterans
are
still
not
receiving
the
timely
and
quality
care
they
were
promised.
While
wait
times
for
appointments
have
remained
high,
the
number
of
employees
receiving
bonuses
has
increased
by
more
than
20
percent
from
2014. Bonus
totals
have
increased
by
24
percent,
yet
our
veterans
aren’t
receiving
higher
quality
care
faster. Until
our
veterans
no
longer
have
to
face
backlogs
for
appointments
and
long
wait
times
to
receive
assistance,
VA executives
should
not
be
receiving
any
cash
awards.
Earlier
this
year
I
put
forward
proposals to
prohibit
bonuses
to
VA
executives
until
the
VA puts
forward
concrete
plans
to
address
the
numerous
issues
that
need
to
be
resolved.
Handing
out millions
in bonuses
to VA
executives
while
our
veterans
are
still
not
receiving
the
care
they
deserve,
has
once
again
earned the
VA
this
month's Squeal
Award.
Do
you
have
an
example
of
government
waste
or
inefficiencies
that
I
should
take
a
look
at?
Send
me
an
email
by clicking
here.
Thank
you!
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