President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law designed to make it easier to fire Department of Veterans Affairs employees.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law designed to make it easier to fire Department of Veterans Affairs employees.
Trump promised during the campaign to dismiss VA workers « who let our veterans down. » He cast Friday’s signing at a White House ceremony as fulfillment of that promise.
Trump says the law represents one of the biggest reforms to the VA in a generation or more. He promised future steps to transform the VA « until the job is done. »
The measure was prompted by a 2014 scandal at the Phoenix VA medical center, where some veterans died while waiting for care. The VA is the government’s second-largest department, providing health care and other services to millions of veterans.
