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Roby Responds to VA Crackhouse Story

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Everyone in this country, who is paying attention, understands that the private sector can do just about anything better than the public sector, and that is doubly true for the notoriously inefficient federal government. What we have learned about the troubled U.S. Veterans Administration chain of hospitals takes that … Continued
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August 20, 2014

Roby Supports Military Engagement Against ISIS

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery spoke to the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce about the current crisis in Iraq as well as the VA scandal and other issues.  Representative Roby told gathered Chamber members that she strongly supports military engagement to stop the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria … Continued
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August 15, 2014

House Passes VA Accountability Reform

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, July 30, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the conference report on the Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014.  The bipartisan reforms to the Veterans Administration (VA) were developed in response to numerous reports of mismanagement, inadequate care, and long … Continued
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July 31, 2014

Shelby and Roby Request that New VA Secretary Visit and Formulate a Plan to Fix Central Alabama VA

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, Robert McDonald was confirmed as Secretary of the U.S. Veterans Administration. That same day U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) sent a letter with U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery to new VA Secretary Robert McDonald requesting that Secretary McDonald provide a plan within … Continued
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July 30, 2014

Roby Updates Constituents on VA Scandal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, July 5, U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery emailed constituents an update on the growing VA scandal concerning bureaucrats and other VA employees systematically falsifying records while denying veterans the care that they were due as a benefit for their service. Congresswoman Roby said in her … Continued
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July 7, 2014

Roby Sending Staff to Alabama to Aid in VA Investigation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter After telling U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery that the VA Employees involved in the waiting list scandal were terminated, it has been revealed that Central Alabama VA Director James Talton may have misled the Congresswoman.  In response to the growing VA scandal that has revealed that Talton’s … Continued
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June 18, 2014

Roby Sending Staff to Alabama to Aid in VA Investigation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter After telling U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery that the VA Employees involved in the waiting list scandal were terminated, it has been revealed that Central Alabama VA Director James Talton may have misled the Congresswoman. In response to the growing VA scandal that has revealed that Talton’s … Continued
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June 16, 2014

VA Scandal Comes Home to Alabama

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Weeks ago, we learned that American veterans in Arizona were systematically being denied care by career bureaucrats within the U.S. Veterans Administration.  Since then the true breadth of the scandal has begun to trickle out.  On Monday, June 9, a report will be released revealing misconduct at the Central … Continued
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June 9, 2014

Roby and Byrne Applaud Shinseki’s Departure

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representatives Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery and Bradley Byrne (R) from Mobile issued written statements following President Obama’s announcement that Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki has resigned. Congresswoman Roby said, “President Obama made the right decision in allowing Secretary Shinseki to step down. Secretary Shinseki has a … Continued
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May 31, 2014

Roby Says Obama Should Fire VA Secretary

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery said in a written statement that President Barack Hussein Obama (D) should fire Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, to send the message that clear mismanagement of the Veterans Healthcare System truly won’t be tolerated. Representative Martha Roby said, “Secretary Shinseki … Continued
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May 30, 2014