Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Shinseki is ‘Mad as Hell’: Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testified before a Senate committee Thursday that he was “mad as hell” about allegations of wrongdoing at VA facilities and vowed to take “timely action.” Asked by Sen. Bernard Sanders, the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman, if employees were “cooking the books” on a widespread basis, Shinseki said he is unaware of instances beyond a “number of isolated cases,” The New York Times, CNN, NBC News, ABC News reported. Watchdog: No Proof Veterans’ Deaths Caused by Delays: Richard Griffin, acting inspector general for veterans, told Chairman Sanders that after an initial review of 17 people who died while awaiting appointments at a Phoenix VA hospital, none of the deaths appeared to have been caused by delays in treatment, The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today and The New York Times reported. Its one thing to be on a waiting list, said Griffin in the Los Angeles Times. Its another thing to conclude that as a result of being on a waiting list, that was the cause of death. Results from the investigation are due in August, Military Times reported. Sanders: Don’t Politicize Vets: Chairman Sanders said he fears a rush to judgment, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, National Public Radio, CBS News, MSNBC, Fox News, Politico, Al Jazeera America, Seven Days, New York Daily News, Newsday and Esquire reported. “If we’re going to do our job in a proper and responsible way, we need to get the facts and not rush to judgment,” he said. Sanders vowed to CNN’s Chris Cuomo that he would hold a hearing after an ongoing investigation into the allegations concludes, Newsbusters reported. Net Neutrality: The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to move forward with a plan to allow Internet content providers to pay for a guaranteed fast lane of service and discriminate against other content. Sen. Sanders called the plan “bad for consumers, bad for the next generation of businesses and bad for the future of our democracy,” The Hill reported. In a statement, Sanders said Internet providers should be treated like the more heavily regulated phone companies, and called on consumers to participate in the public conversation happening at the agency as it solicits comments over the next four months. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/051614
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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