,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #bj1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,barrow of ,georgia 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,cassidy7 submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house with respect to              
accountability for mismanagement at the 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4      
,whereas revelations in #bjac unveiled a
 pattern of inefficiency and misconduct 
at ,department of ,veterans ,affairs    
,medical ,clinics 7,,vamc7 across the   
country2 ,whereas the ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs 7,,va7 ,inspector    
,general conducted interviews with ,,va 
employees and inspected ,,va facilities 
across the country2 ,whereas on ,june   
#i1 #bjad1 the ,,va released an initial 
audit of ,,va medical centers across the
 country1 conducted by the ,,va         
,inspector ,general1 detailing a pattern
 of mismanagement2 ,whereas the         

,inspector ,general's audit found that  
,,vamc scheduling staff were pressured  
by ,,va management to utilize           
inappropriate practices in order to make
 waiting times appear more favorable2   
,whereas the ,,va will undergo a review 
to determine why some front-line1       
middle1 and senior managers felt        
compelled to manipulate the ,,va's      
scheduling process2 ,whereas in at least
 two instances1 survey participants     
believed someone1 other than a          
scheduler1 was routinely accessing      
records and changing desired dates in   
order to improve performance measures2  
,whereas respondents felt threatened or 
coerced to alter patient appointment    
dates and reported having been          
sanctioned or punished over scheduling  
practices for not complying with        
supervisors' orders to inappropriately  
enter or alter recorded desired dates2  
and ,whereas section #fjj4a of title    
#bh1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1    
directs the ,attorney ,general to       

appoint a ,special ,counsel when he or  
she determines that--  7#a7 criminal    
investigation of a person or matter is  
warranted2  7#b7 investigation or       
prosecution of that person or matter by 
a ,united ,states ,attorney's ,office or
 litigating ,division of the ,department
 of ,justice would present a conflict of
 interest for the ,department or other  
extraordinary circumstances2 and  7#c7  
under the circumstances1 it would be in 
the public interest to appoint an       
outside ,special ,counsel to assume     
responsibility for the matter3 ,now1    
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,house that--  7#a7 actions by   
,,va officials represent a clear        
violation of the public's trust for the 
,department to provide access to quality
 health care for our ,nation's veterans 
and warrant criminal investigation2     
7#b7 the ability of the ,administration 
to objectively investigate its own      
wrongdoing warrants a ,special ,counsel 
to determine whether mismanagement and  

misconduct at the ,,va was criminal2 and
  7#c7 the appointment of a ,special    
,counsel would be in the public         
interest4