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The amount spent so far reaches into the millions. >> there is about $15 million that has been paid out by the house on behalf of harassers in the last 10 to 15 years. >> joining us now, someone who says -- >> ask your local congressman about it. thats your tax dollars. >> joining us is someone who said she received a bonus for twirling in a dress in front of a member of congress. rebecca weir, attorney in d.c. she was former staffer under republican congressman gary weiner in california. rebecc...

Frankly less constituent cases than i was, objectively. i asked at the time why was i given the lower raise? the answer was that my colleague had recently gotten engaged and was going to be a breadwinner and needed more money. fast-forward about a month later, and i was -- it was the august recess. i was waiting to present a proposal to mr. miller, my member of congress, and at the end of the presentation, he got up and asked if i would -- he mentioned that i looked fabulous, just stunning, just...

>> for senior executive level personnel, given their track record over the last couple years, absolutely. >> do you expect it to happen? >> yes. >> okay. would you just go through it for us, please? you blew the whistle on this. then what happened to you? >> well, actually i blew the whistle on something else is when the retaliation started. id rather not go into. and several -- i started with the safety issues. i was making trouble, as they would say. i would say bringing up very serious issues...

The american heroes who are not getting the care they deserve. former marine who died while waiting to be treated. last week, we spoke to his widow. up next, well find out what she has to say about the resignation of the va secretary. and conservative republicans gathering in new orleans to map out a strategy for 2014. john roberts is right in the mid of it all. john? >> three possible presidential candidates on display today including ted cruz, rick santorum and rick perry. well tell you what e...

>> where do you think this is going to go? what do you think about the response from the administration in terms of wanting to crack down and find out what happened? has that been acceptable? >> the administration is defending it and cheryl lied to the media and senator. she said she had no idea about a list and first heard about it from representative miller but it truth is she new about it from at least july of 2013. they are defending this so hard because there is a secret that the phoenix va...

About this at the top? maybe longer than theyre saying. take a listen. >> we remove the senior management or director and chief of staff have flow no knowledge of this. as the memo states, ms. heldman knew that when representative miller announced it in congress. >> so why now, thats dr. sam foot there, who was the whistleblower who came forward to talk about this. the question is, why now? thats the question mark would do. >> my first initial is dr. foot, hes great, hes a whistleblower, but i w...

Attack. we dont know because we never got the chance to see them. >> now she comes out and weekly, i have to say weekly denies the charges and says if -- hold on. i want to find them because it was interesting how she put it. basically says, i have never directed staff to do the secret waiting list and if the inspector general finds anything, then well take appropriate and swept action. i mean, is this person, sharon helman who directs the phoenix va at the heart of all this, doctor? >> the seni...

And again and again. this week, good news. the bill finally passed. overcoming the required supermajority. now, there was a no vote. even on the final passage. that came from this man. state representative josh miller, a man ive had on the show. a conservative republican who, himself, has benefited from medicaid, when as an uninsured 23-year-old he was in a car accident that left him paralyzed. theres a $1 million hospital bill and medicaid paid most of it. medicare made up the difference. mille...

At a standstill, as that rump caucus kept voting it down again and again and again. this week, good news. the bill finally passed. overcoming the required supermajority. now, there was a no vote. even on the final passage. that came from this man. state representative josh miller, a man ive had on the show. a conservative republican who, himself, has benefited from medicaid, when as an uninsured 23-year-old he was in a car accident that left him paralyzed. theres a $1 million hospital bill and m...