If there was ever a telling story to
show the mental illness vacuum that
exists on the House Veterans Affairs
Committee between reality and delusion
when it comes to pressing and scandalous
VA issues, then look no further than
how this entire Shredder-Gate scandal
unfolds and what the men-brains all
have to say about it.

Using cut and paste transfer, here
is what Brain-Dead Steve Buyer, the
Minority seat on the Committee has
to say at the Committees official
website keeping in mind that Brian
Lawrence his press man, is himself
a former DAV claims rep. There is
nothing very "impartial" to be found
here so don't bother looking for it:

Buyer: VA Shredding Unacceptable


For more information, contact: Brian Lawrence, (202) 225-3527

Washington, D.C. – Ranking Republican Member Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) made the following statement after the conclusion of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Full Committee Roundtable entitled “CRISIS: The VA Shreds Veterans’ Confidence”:

“Although I was unable to attend the discussion because of House Republican leadership elections, I believe that the roundtable was a useful step in what is going to be a long process. Many veterans have lost confidence in VA due to the disclosure of the shredding incident. I applaud the Under Secretary for Benefits, Patrick Dunne, for his acknowledgement of this lack of trust in the system and his willingness to work with veteran service organizations and Congress to correct the mistakes. The current situation is clearly unacceptable.

I am encouraged that several of the solutions and suggestions that were mentioned by roundtable participants were included in The Veterans’ Improvement Act of 2008, P.L. 110-389, which was signed by President Bush on October 10, 2008. These provisions include:

- A review and reformulation of VA’s work credit system (Sec. 226)

- An independent audit of VA’s training and quality assurance programs

(Sec. 224)

- A new rules based adjudication system that is completely paperless.


(Sec. 227)

This legislation was thoughtfully drafted by members of both parties and if VA properly implements this new law many of the problems raised during today’s discussion could be avoided in the future.

There is an ongoing investigation of this incident by the Office of the Inspector General and when it is completed the Committee should look at this matter again early in the next Congress.”

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END of Buyer Release


Well first of all Steve, your brain
dead committee did not listen to me
and my year long advocacy into your
offices where I repeatedly said that
our cases were being falsified here
in New York at the hands of Joseph
Collorafi.

Secondly Steve, there was ZERO legislation
in this 2008 session that had any
knowledge of Shredder-Gate because
you were all too busy ignoring what
we were all telling you about the matter.
So where exactly is your rationale
that somehow your legislation packages
addresses even one little SPECK of
what has happened in Shredder-Gate?
I would just love to know the answer
to this question.

Also Steve, your sham hearing today
went straight downhill in the very
first few minutes when your LunkHeaded
Roundtable decided that Shredder-Gate
was all about the VA and not the Veterans
who are the crime victims in the matter.
Every crisis, you see Steve, boils
down "Oh Poor VA! How can we give them
the resources they need?" instead of:
"Oh poor Veterans. How can we rescue
their claims cases and make this up to
them?"

Ya see Steve, your man-brain is simply
NOT in the right place. It never has
been. And who are these jackass people
who keep voting you back into office?

But at least for now, America got wise
and made a statement to Republicans
everywhere and this can only be a good
thing. So Steve, did ya hear us all
clicking away at the voting booths
across America? Did ya see all the
seats lost in Congress and that great
national sucking sound as all the
Republican chairs were lost on Capitol
Hill.

That was all of us sending you a message
Steve. You had better grow a brain
and start kicking this VA agency in the
ass and stop being it's shoe-shine boy.
You are clearly off track and need
some mental counselling and connecting
the dots between Veteran crime victims
and how to fix the VA is simply NOT
your forte.

So I offer up this moronic display
of disconnect and empty hot air that
the Veterans of Shredder-Gate have
now received from Rep. Steve Buyer,
and let this be one more notch on the
gunstock that shows exactly what the
problem is at the House Veterans Affairs
Committee as we all go chugging in
to a new legislative season in January.

Hey Buyer, Get A Clue !!!


SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE:

Buyer also posted this other second release
after todays hearing which was webcasted.
Hey Steve, It is NOT about the VA ---
it is about the Veterans who are Crime
Victims just in case ya didn't get that !!!




Full Committee Roundtable -- “CRISIS: The VA Shreds Veterans’ Confidence”



Statement of the Honorable Steve Buyer Ranking Republican Member House Committee on Veterans' Affairs


For more information, contact: Brian Lawrence, (202) 225-3527

The revelation by the Office of the Inspector General that important veterans’ claims documents were found in shredding bins in 72% of VA regional offices is stunning and deeply troubling.

The VA’s disability benefits system, which was already in critical condition due to its inability to process claims within a time period that’s reasonable and fair to veterans, now has another embarrassing situation to deal with.

It is all the more frustrating when it is obvious that a paperless electronic claims system for veterans would alleviate so many problems, including this one. But the Veterans Benefits Administration has dragged its feet for years in developing this new system.

I am aware that Secretary Peake is now moving VA in that direction as quickly as possible, but I hope that this latest problem has convinced every manager from the top down, that this transition to an electronic system needs to happen post-haste.

When I first heard of the problem, I was encouraged that an immediate Inspector General investigation of this issue was underway to find out exactly how this has happened and to establish accountability.

This Committee’s oversight of the issue is of no less importance, and I wish that Chairman Filner had decided to re-schedule this discussion to November 18, 2008, as I requested last week, because many members, myself included, must attend leadership elections today.

I look forward to Chairman Filner scheduling a full Committee hearing after the Inspector General has completed his investigation.

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END of Buyers 2nd Release