WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) – ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate passing an emergency budget supplemental for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to make certain more than 7 million veterans and their survivors receive their benefits on October 1:

“The Senate acted in a timely manner to provide assurance and relief to millions of veterans and survivors across the country by making certain they will receive their hard-earned benefit payments on time, next month.

“I am frustrated by the actions of VA and OMB that led us to this point and remain committed to holding those at VA and the Biden administration accountable for their gross financial mismanagement.

“Transparency and accountability must be the hallmarks of VA’s work, and veterans and military families must never suffer as a result of negligence, mismanagement or political gamesmanship. 

“I am thankful for my colleagues support in passing this legislation, and I look forward to continuing to work with them to make certain that VA is a good steward of taxpayer dollars and that this never happens again.”

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