suicidal, you know, tendencies, depression, access to the va, the va s care, it s almost always about a guy. women in combat, women in the service suffer from the same experiences, many of them, do they not? and how are they being treated? they do and the suicide rate among our women are higher than among their male counterparts. why is that? a lot of women have suffered military sexual assault or trauma. i just put an amendment on a bill to make sure they had access to child care. i think having service women in congress right now to focus on these critical issues is important.
to spend part of their careers here. it has a version of the house republican proposal to make it easier to fire employees at the va when they do things wrong, but it also has more protection for whistleblowers. it has a provision that republicans like that will let vets who can t get timely appointments at the va to go elsewhere for care but have the va pick up the bill. we ve learned that the senate veterans committee is scheduled to discuss the bill on thursday, with the hope of getting a vote for the overall bill sometime maybe next week. harry reid said on the senate floor today that every united states senator should vote for the veterans bill and said any republican who s criticizing the va s care but is also voting against funding the va in his words is engaged in doublespeak. washington gets very excited to get a scalp whenever there s a scandal. but in this case the head of the agency resigning still leaves the scandal entirely in place. until it gets fixed. the senate s goin
february. the bill would expand access to care. it allows the va to lease 27 new health facilities in 18 states that need them. it authorized emergency funding to hire new health professionals. it offers incentives for more doctors to come work at the va to spend part of their careers there. it has a version of the house republican proposal to make it easier to fire employees at the va when they do things wrong, but it also has more protection for whistleblowers. it has a provision that republicans like that will let vets who can t get timely appointments at the va to go elsewhere for care but have the va pick up the bill. we ve learned that the senate veterans committee is scheduled to discuss the bill on thursday, with the hope of getting a vote for the overall bill sometime maybe next week. harry reid said on the senate floor today that every united states senator should vote for the veterans bill and said any republican who s criticizing the va s care but is also voting against fun
his legislation that the republicans filibustered in february. the bill woex panned access to care. it allows the va to lease 27 new health facilities in 18 states that need them. it authorized emergency funding to hire new health professionals. it offers incentives for more doctors to come work at the va to spend part of their careers here. it has a version of the house republican proposal to make it easier to fire employees at the va when they do things wrong, but it also has more protection for whistleblowers. it has a provision that republicans like that will let vets who can t get timely appointments at the va to go elsewhere for care but have the va pick up the bill. we ve learned that the senate veterans committee is scheduled to discuss the bill on thursday, with the hope of getting a vote for the overall bill sometime maybe next week. harry reid said on the senate floor today that every united states senator should vote for the veterans bill and said any republican who s criti
ballooning along with the details. pretty stunning details of what was going on. these alleged secret waiting lists that made it seem like vets were getting timely care. the va s inspector general this morning is investigating practices at 26 va facilities around the country. last week it was ten. top white house adviser is heading today to foengs where the scandal really broke, reported by cnn s drew griffin. under the microscope now, why there were waiting lists at some va hospitals kept on paper, not entered into computer systems. how wide spread and longstanding this cooking of the books might have been, how it started, and how it afted the american soldiers under the va s care, like 71-year-old thomas brooen who went to the here. he was told he needed to see a doctor urgently, within a week. they call me december 6th. he s head already. i said, really, you re a little too late, sweetheart. and i was yelling at her. reporter: turns out he had