WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) quietly rescinded its horrendous new interim final rule (IFR) that put millions of Veterans' disability ratings and care at risk and shockingly disincentivized our nation's heroes from both seeking earned coverage for service-connected disabilities and following recommended medical treatment plans. The VA's announcement comes just one week after Duckworth demanded Collins rescind and apologize for implementing this shameful rule change and just days after she called him out for merely halting enforcement instead of ful...