Republican lawmakers slammed the Department of Veterans Affairs Monday after Sec. Bob McDonald compared the agency’s long wait times for veterans seeking health care to the wait times for rides at Disneyland.
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Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, noted the consequences veterans may face if they are forced to wait for medical care.
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“We owe our veterans, the finest among us, the best possible treatment and care. When veterans must wait so long for care that they risk dying of neglect, we are failing them. My committee will continue to work so that veterans do not have to suffer from the VA’s bureaucratic failures.”