getting rid of nancy pelosi is like treating cancer with a band-aid. okay? she is a symptom of the problem. but she is not the problem. this morning our commander-in-chief set to sign the v.a. accountability act. making it easier to fire corrupt employees who work for the department of veterans affairs. i didn t tape and i don t have any tape and i didn t tape. this was a brilliant and important move by the president. the president kept comey honest. james comey was the leaker. ed: crowd already forming out there. steve: they are.
horrible job and people are dying in hospitals because they are not helping them, how do you get around unions? pete: let s be clear unions and employees have plenty of protections. they have had layer upon layer decades upon decades in that arena where it s almost impossible to fire people. these people have opposed by the v.a. union. they don t like it. they hate it that s the best sign it s a good one. it really is shortens review times. the review time becomes internal to the v.a. as oppose today controlled by unions which has to happen as well. steve: we will be watching and feature the signing right here on the channel. pete, thank you very much. tune in starting 6:00 a.m. on sunday. pete has an interview with president trump talking about just this very issue. pete: important stuff. ainsley: proud to have him as a fox news contributor. steve: he has been working for years on it mission accomplished. interview you won t see any place else. hero who fought off those terrorists in
people who commit egregious offenses at the v.a. keep their job after exhaustive review processes and pensions or bonuses. and makes us all extremely upset that this is how our government operates. it all happens in the shadows. the swamp operates with special interest and bureaucratic language. this changes the bureaucratic language away from a preponderance of the evidence to substantial evidence and gives deference to the person firing, person being fired needs to prove why they should keep their job. the process is shortened in the review time and whistle blowers are substantially protected through a new office being codified there as well. whistleblowers are protected. people who need to be fired can be fired more quickly. the hope is and senior executives, the higher level officials are held to higher standard which the way it should be. ains pains we have all done stories as journalists on those individuals. people in phoenix, people on the list trying to get in to see their doc
all this as the president signs a law giving more power to leaders at the v.a. to tell employees not cutting it, you re fired. john roberts has all of that for us. good evening, john. good evening to you. with the democrats licking their wounds from some biggie electrics losses this week, the president found some running room to go back on offense. in the east room today president trump keeping his commitment to the nation s veterans, signing a bill to dramatically increase the v.a. s ability to hold bad employees accountable. our veterans have fulfilled their duty to this nation and now we must fulfill our duty to them. so to every veteran who is here with us today, i just want to say to very simple words. thank you. reporter: v.a. reform was a key issue with the president s campaign. going to fire the corrupt and incompetent v.a. executives, all of these executives that let our
incompetent v.a. executive, all of these executives that let our veterans down. you re fired. ed: guess what? today, the president will start to make good on that very promise. steve: army vet and fox news contributor pete hegseth was going to be there today. is he already report for duty. good morning to you,. pete: pete good morning. steve: explain for the folks. we all know you from being on fox & friends every once in the while on the weekends and whatnot, how you helped craft this v.a. reform bill. pete: three years ago the v.a. scandal that emanated out of phoenix the world realized systemic problems at the veterans o of affairs. you never change the culture until you hold people accountable. the v.a. committee myself and two other individuals said we need to sit down and hold the v.a. accountable. folks i know involved in that process, that became the first v.a. accountability act passed through the house.