House Committee Votes to Subpoena VA Over Art Spending, Cost Overruns
Chairman: VA failed to account for at least $1.7 million in art spending over last six years
VA Medical Center in Florida / AP
BY: Morgan Chalfant
September 7, 2016 2:47 pm
The House Committee on Veterans Affairs voted to subpoena the Department of Veterans Affairs over its spending on lavish art pieces and an over-budget hospital construction project.
The committee voted Wednesday morning to issue a subpoena to VA Secretary Robert McDonald seeking documents related to the agency’s spending on artwork since fiscal 2010 and the $1.7 billion construction project for a Colorado VA hospital.
Rep. Jeff Miller (R., Fla.), who chairs the committee, said he sought art contracts related to the VA’s Palo Alto Health Care System more than a year ago, but that the VA made no attempt to respond to his request until he scheduled the Wednesday meeting. He described the agency’s response as “wholly incomplete.”
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