Republicans raise alarm over severe records backlog for veterans costing benefits: 'Utter tragedy'
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House Republicans are shining a light on a major records backlog at a government archives agency that has meant thousands of veterans and their families are waiting months, and in some cases years, for paperwork that is necessary to receive benefits.
"America's veterans fought for us, but the federal government isn’t even willing to return to work to provide veterans with their records," Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said in a statement to Fox News. "The result: almost half a million requests from veterans and their families delayed for months. This is an utter tragedy and a poor reflection on the gratitude we should pay to the brave men and women and their families who served our country." House Oversight VA Benefits... by Fox News Comer and 19 other House Republicans authored a letter Monday, obtained first by Fox News, to the chair of the committee, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., calling on leadership to convene a congressional hearing on the veterans' backlog. They already had a bipartisan briefing last month with the records administration (NARA), but the Republicans say the agency must be held accountable in a public committee hearing to ensure such a backlog never happens again.
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