Udall Wants VA Probe Finished By August

Senator Tom Udall is hoping an investigation into Albuquerque’s VA Medical Center is finished by August. … Federal investigators have added the Raymond G. Murphy Center to a list of VA facilities suspected of falsifying patient appointment records. Udall and other Senate members want to suspend a VA bonus program for executives. They also want to involve a third-party investigator to expand the investigation.

Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs are moving toward a showdown. …. Three top VA officials haven’t said whether they’ll appear before a House Committee in a rare evening hearing set for tonight. House Republicans are threatening to subpoena them if they don’t show up. Tonight’s hearing is an attempt to learn more about a secret waiting list at the VA facility in Phoenix that may have led to dozens of veterans’ deaths.