Sen. Jerry Moran (R., Kan.) a member of the Veterans Affairs Committee called Tuesday for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign over numerous scandals involving the treatment of U.S. service members, demanding an overhaul "from top to bottom" at the agency.
The Free Beacon previously reported the American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans service group called on Shinseki to resign Monday following scandalous reports that delays at VA hospitals led to the deaths of dozens of patients.
"It's clear that accountability at VA is absent, oversight doesn't mean much," Moran said on the floor. "There's a difference in wanting change and leading it to happen. Today I am demanding accountability and true transformation within the VA system in its culture from top to bottom and all across the country. Secretary Shinseki seemingly is unwilling or unable to do so, and change must be made at the top.
"I ask the secretary to submit his resignation, and I ask President Obama to accept that resignation," he said.