Central Montana Times

U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), Congressman Ryan Zinke (MT-01), and Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) have expressed concerns to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding recent job cuts affecting frontline care providers. The lawmakers sent a letter highlighting their apprehensions, noting that the VA had previously assured that these positions would be protected from elimination.

In their correspondence, they stated: "Too many people in Washington, including some of our colleagues in the U.S. Congress with direct influence over policies impacting veterans, will make empty promises about fighting for veteran care and will use this report as an opportunity to call for more spending and more legislation that will only add to the bureaucratic nightmare at the VA. The reality is, it is the lack of proper oversight and the brazen willingness of the VA to violate congressional intent and prioritize issues that have zero impact on improving patient outcomes for veterans that has led to such disdain with the quality of VA care."

The full letter can be accessed [here](link).