Having the senior leadership? of the VA to get big buck pensions, while deserving veterans go without care is unacceptable. Rep John Hall, D-NY, has introduced legislation to correct some of this. Please contact your representatives and ask them to support this. .......................................................... H.R. 2292, The Pay Veterans First Act, Will Hold 2007 Bonuses on Hold until Claims Backlog Reduced Substantially Senior VA Officials Rewarded with 'Most Lucrative' Performance Bonuses in Government While Veterans Wait for Benefits Washington, DC – Today Congressman John Hall (D-NY19) introduced H.R. 2292, The Pay Veterans First Act, which will freeze fiscal year 2007 bonuses set to be paid to senior level Veterans Affairs Department officials unless the VA has reduced its backlog of benefit cases to fewer than 100,000 claims. "It is shocking and scandalous even by the VA's own low standards that top officials at the VA would be getting the most lucrative performance bonuses in government when there is a backlog of over 600,000 benefits claims," said Hall.
