Florida Congressman Calls For Criminal Investigation Into VA Waiting List Deaths (video and picture)

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Rep. Rooney calls for criminal investigations into VA waiting list deaths

Sun, 2014-05-04 11:46 PM

Tom Rooney

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney (FL-17), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, has written U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to work with state attorneys general to investigate recent, preventable deaths at VA facilities across the country and to determine appropriate criminal charges.

“Make no mistake — for these veterans, treatment delayed is treatment denied, and the consequences have proved fatal,” Rooney wrote. “Any incident of a veteran dying after being denied care by the VA is unacceptable. The fact that this policy of ‘delay, deny, and obfuscate’ appears to be widespread and systemic is truly shameful, and those responsible must be held accountable — including through possible criminal prosecutions.

“Because these cases involve individuals working in their capacity as federal employees, and these incidents have occurred at federal facilities throughout the nation, I urge you to work with the state Attorneys General in Arizona and across the country to investigate these preventable deaths thoroughly, determine appropriate criminal charges, and prosecute the offenders accordingly.”

Rooney noted that the Phoenix, AZ case — where at least 40 veterans died while waiting for appointments at the VA hospital after being placed on “secret waiting lists” — was not an isolated incident. In fact, Rooney has heard from many veterans in his district whose treatment has been delayed or denied by the VA, and House investigations have already uncovered dozens of preventable deaths at VA facilities across the country.

Text of Rooney’s full letter to Attorney General Holder, and copied to the attorneys general of the 50 states and District of Columbia, is below: MOREHERE

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