WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, at a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) hearing on the FY27 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a former chair and senior member of SVAC, questioned Secretary Doug Collins on VA's decision not to comply with the law and roll out a childcare program, increased wait times at VA, and the electronic health record (EHR) rollout at Mann Grandstaff.
[CHILD CARE CENTERS AT VA]
Senator Murray began by pressing Secretary Collins on VA's acknowledgement that the VA Kids Care program is no longer being implemented, going against the requirement in the ...