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Ron Johnson: “Since January, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson full remarks at Veterans Affairs Committee hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:18

To understand the need for this legislation, it is important to know the history of tragedies that have occurred at the TOMA VA Medical center in Wisconsin. Since January, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental affairs has been investigating serious allegations of mismanagement, misconduct, whistleblower retaliation, and tragically, veteran deaths at [the] TOMA VA Medical center in Wisconsin. November 2007, a veteran named Craig Farrington died from a lethal mixture of seven different drugs shortly after receiving treatment at TOMA. (00:18)

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Asserts that the Senate Committee is investigating allegations of mismanagement and veteran deaths at TOMA VA.

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