Senate Passes Murray’s Amendment Today;
Blocks VA from Wasting Resources Investigating 72,000 Veterans and Penalizing Those with Paperwork Errors
Murray Calls Attempt to Outsource Heroic VA Employees a “Slap in the Face”; Says Veterans Healthcare Dollars Should Not Be Wasted on Privatization Study; Murray Also Says Senate Should Do More for Veterans Impacted By Hurricane Katrina
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a senior member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, lauded homeless veterans as “forgotten heroes’ Wednesday. – (Full Article)
Kitsap County to Get New Beds, Service Center & Transportation; Walla Walla to Build 14 New Beds
The Senate vote for additional VA money came at the last minute, because the Bush administration had been wrongly dismissing Murray’s warnings about a budget
