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Reaction from the vavt and they have released a statement in response to your bill. it says we believe the specific whistleblower exposure and protection procedures provided by this bill would be unworkable. the decision also duplicate progras created to address claim also of improper retaliation in the workplace. what's your response to the va not supporting you on this. >> the va has fought us on every turn. if you go back to april when we exposed the wait time issue, it was whistleblowers who brought this forward. the undersecretary in a hearing on capitol hill said it was nothing more than...

Status quo anymore. look, the president had said this is going to be a transparent administration accountability is going to be the key word and we've seen neither. >> my last question though is do you need the va's support on this? >> oh no we don't need the va's support. we need the american people's support. we need the employees at the department of veterans affairs support. this is not an attempt in any way to harm whistleblowers out there. it's to encourage them to come forward. in fact tell what's happening within the system. because va in many instances is not letting anybody else know...

Protecting whistleblowers. thank you, congressman, for joining us today. >> thank you for bringing some attention to this important issue. >> of course. and for our viewers at home who may not be familiar with this bill can you tell me what it does to protect whistleblowers going forward? >> most important thing, it gives a very rapid response requirement for their superiors to determine whether or not their claim has merit, much like the marines do with their claims and if it's a person that's a superior doesn't thing they have merit, they can take it above them. unfortunately, the va has bur...

The va insists area veterans are receiving quality care at the existing medical facility something congressman and marine veteran mike kaufman questions. he also says he will introduce a bill in the next session to strip the bill of his authority to manage its own construction projects. >> next we continue our look back at the best of grapevine from the past year. and we look back at some jaw dropping food foibles. if you're suffering from constipation or irregularity powders may take days to work. for gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. ducolax provides gentle overnight re...

Strikingses target the terrorists in iraq. plus more terror for the va as we lirnearn of lengthy construction delays and skyrocketing costs for a new hospital. we'll tell you what's holding up the work.