Chairman Miller Statement on Secretary McDonald’s Disneyland Remarks

5/23/2016

WASHINGTON — House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller today issued the following statement after Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald compared wait times at VA hospitals to the time visitors spend waiting for rides at Disneyland:

“There is nothing amusing about VA’s performance. Wait-time comparisons to amusement parks aside, the fact remains that veterans have died waiting in line for VA care. Comparing VA wait times to those of an amusement park is just plain wrong.”

The Secretary made the remarks Monday at a breakfast with reporters. The committee has held more than 40 hearings on VA accountability since the 2014 wait-time scandal in Phoenix.