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Now, a circuit court judge in washington is taking the federal agency to task for making it more difficult for veterans to receive benefits. judge jay plaguer of the u.s. court of appeals issued an order, blasting the va for failing to live up to its commitment and called the va's actions troubling and threatened to penalize agency officials. it seems that sanctions may be needed to motivate the va in the future. the judge wrote in the 13-page order. david hoffman is is from the nation of veterans advocates. we brought the lawsuit because there are a lot of veterans whose rights were being sho...

Order that eviscerated the agency. david hoff is from the group at that brought the federal lawsuit that prompted the opinion. >> the judge came out and ruled in our favor, saying that va cannot proceed in this fashion, that they were circumventing the rights to veterans. >> in a statement the va did not go into details about the order, but says it's working with the justice department to form a response. fox news has been covering the story of the va backlog for months speaking with veterans and advocates all calling the benefits backlog a disgrace. >> we see claims sent in by veterans every ...

The floor yesterday that will do just that. we want veterans who are experiencing wait times, if the va cannot handle the case load, then they ought to be able to see a local doctor at the va's expen expense. >> so, that's the bill you're introducing to speed up the wait. >> we've got to stop these wait lists that are denying our veterans the care they need and deserve, so we've got to create the transparency, make sure those that are on these secret lists are being seen by doctors and if the va can't do it, we'll make sure local doctors can. >> another bill so get rid of people at the v ark, ...

We've had both parties come together in the house, which is why we've passed that bill so quickly. we want to clear up the bureaucracy and if there are those who are either focused more on bonuses than our veteran, they deserve to be fireded and we ought to make sure that the top level va is able to do that firing. >> you know though, congress bears some reasonability for this as well with all due respect because congress is responsible for the oversight. there's been a lack of oversight because congress is the one that pro proep wrat rates the funds and other resources. shouldn't congress try...