Well, Buerkle promised transparency. She didn't promise hypocracy but she is scoring well there too, and transparently so.
Responding to a Government Services Office study, she has co-sponsored a bill charging the VA with monitoring and preventing sexual assaults at VA residential facilities. The
Veterans Sexual Assault Transparency Act was introduced by AMB and U. S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R of Florida, chair of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. She chairs the veterans' health issues subcommittee.
The complete Government Services Office
study is here.
Blueskygirl understands from reading the report that veterans housed in VA mental health residential facilities are committing sexual assaults, presumably against other veterans and staff. The numbers thus far are not high though systems that are unresponsive to reporting, as the VA has been, tend to discourage accurate reporting.
Blueskygirl applauds any effort to halt sexual assaults wherever they happen.
So, what baffles Blueskygirl is that Buerkle is adding a mandate to VA procedures which will grow the bureaucracy and cost some bucks.
Is she beginning to understand why earmarks and pet projects are important? Will she ever admit it?
