Deluzio, Democratic Veterans Tear Apart Trump VA for Stalling Cancer Trials, Hurting Veterans Healthcare

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Navy and Iraq War veteran Congressman Deluzio and a group of congressional Democratic veterans came together to highlight how the Trump Administration is putting veteran lives at risk and hiding it from the American people, as reported most recently by ProPublica. Especially concerning is the fact that VA clinical trials for multiple types of cancer treatment have been stalled due to staffing cuts and an ongoing hiring freeze at the Department.

"This Administration is putting veteran lives at risk in Western Pennsylvania and all across the country-and they are hiding it from the American people," said Congressman Deluzio. "What else do you call staffing disruptions so intense that they are stalling cancer treatment clinical trials and disrupting suicide prevention work? These are real life, dangerous impacts on America's veterans-all of whom signed a blank check to serve or even die for this country. My fellow veterans in Congress are here to crank up the heat on Secretary Collins: veterans see this betrayal for what it is."

At the press conference in Washington, Congressman Deluzio was joined by fellow veteran Members of Congress Ted Lieu (CA-36), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Salud Carbajal (CA-24,) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02).

Photos of the event are here, and a video recording of the press conference is here.

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