Veterans are least desirable committee to politicians

Veterans are least desirable committee to politicians
Wounded Times
Kathie Costos
December 6, 2013

It has been astonishing listening to members of congress after all these years. Often I wondered if they had a clue what they were talking about, especially when the topic was veterans. I'd read one report after another yet members of congress seem to be trapped in some kind of time warp unable or unwilling to catch up.

Listening to the Diane Rehm Show on NPR the other day while she was interviewing Peter Schweizer, the author of Extortion it was finally made clear that when it comes to veterans, politicians are really not that committed to them.

Schweizer explained why anyone would want a job that pays a lot less than it costs to get elected. Most of us think they are just getting their retirement plan put together expecting favors to be repaid. Nothing new there but the tone of the conversation changed when Schweizer said this.

"And then there are C committees. And they categorize them this way. The C committees are the ones that are considered least desirable from the standpoint of raising money. The veterans committee is a C committee."

REHM11:50:11
Wow.
SCHWEIZER11:50:12
And that sort of explains to you unfortunately what the priority is and what the currency is in D.C.
REHM11:50:18
So out of the mouths of politicians come these words of support for our men and women who fight the battles for us and yet they are relegated to a C space.
SCHWEIZER11:50:36
Yeah, yeah, that's the sad reality.

The least desirable committee. Let that sink in and then it should be easier to understand why the congress never seems very willing to fix what they hold hearings on. Military and veteran suicides go up, but they did nothing to correct the damage done after making it worse. VA claims bounced up and down for generations and they did nothing to fix the problems after all these years so it didn't keep happening over and over again. So many problems, so few solutions and most of the time they just complain about what is because they don't want to admit they were part of what was.