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Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary this week of articles in the Washington Post on the shocking conditions experienced by wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at Walter Reed Army Medical Center… Continue

“One year after the Walter Reed scandal, America’s returning heroes are receiving better and more efficient care, but many are still waiting too long and facing too many bureaucratic roadblocks as they try to recover from the wounds of war.”

The Oversight Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs is currently holding a hearing, “Third Walter Reed Oversight Hearing: Keeping the Nation's Promise to Our Wounded Soldiers.” Representatives of the GAO will be testifying on a new GAO report stating that “Delayed… Continue

The Oversight Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs is holding a hearing to examine the Pentagon's subsequent response to the Subcommittee's March 5 field hearing on allegations of unacceptable care and living conditions of wounded soldiers housed at the Walter Reed… Continue

The Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Murtha (PA-12), held a hearing on the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center this afternoon. The witnesses were Lieutenant General Kevin C. Kiley, M.D, Army Surgeon General, who was in charge of Walter… Continue

Chairman John Murtha’s (PA-12) hearing on Walter Reed, which was originally scheduled for Monday but was postponed due to witnesses continuing to testify at the field hearing, will be held today at 1:30. It will be webcast at the Appropriations Committee web… Continue

“Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the poor care soldiers have received at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other facilities:

‘Revelations of poor care of wounded soldiers and veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center have shocked the nation. The brave men and women who were the recipients of this mistreatment already paid a heavy price in our country’s service. Instead of having their needs made a national priority, they became victims of the Administration’s pattern of neglect.”

“Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement following a hearing this morning by the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the care of wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Other committees will hold hearings later this week:

‘This week’s Congressional oversight hearings on conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are shining a bright light on how our government has failed those who have sacrificed the most.”

From New Member and Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Rep. Harry Mitchell (AZ-05): Mitchell to Hold Hearings On Longterm Needs of Walter Reed Patients WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell will hold hearings on reports of… Continue

SSG John Daniel Shannon testified this morning before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, National Security Subcommittee, at a field hearing at Walter Reed. SSG Shannon’s experience was highlighted in the Washington Post reports on the deplorable conditions in Walter Reed’s outpatient… Continue