CLOSE VA Secretary David Shulkin says taxpayers did not foot the bill for his sightseeing during a European trip. USA TODAYIn this Feb. 6, 2018 file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks during a hearing on veteran caregiver support on Capitol Hill in Washington. "This was time that should have been spent conducting official VA business and not providing personal travel concierge services to Secretary Shulkin and his wife," VA Inspector General Michael Missal wrote. Before the report was released, Shulkin had criticized the investigation as unfair and inaccurate, but afterward expressed his regrets. More: VA Secretary David Shulkin misused government resources, agency watchdog report saysMore: VA watchdog to say chief wrongly accepted Wimbledon tickets, airfare, but his lawyers blast findingsRead or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2nZB0vC
VA Secretary Shulkin to pay back some travel expenses after Europe trip faulted
VA Secretary David Shulkin told lawmakers Thursday that he would repay more than $4,000 that was spent on his wife's airfare for an 11-day trip to Europe this past summer. The report also found that Shulkin had improperly accepted tickets to the Wimbledon tennis tournament. GOP REP CALLS ON VA SECRETARY SHULKIN TO RESIGN OVER EUROPE TRIP EXPENSESOne lawmaker, Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., has called on Shulkin to resign. Other Cabinet members, including Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and EPA chief Scott Pruitt, have acknowledged the use of government or private flights costing tens of thousands of dollars. In September, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned amid questions about his use of private jets for government trips.
Shulkin to pay back travel expenses, turns attention back to unprecedented VA budget request
as declared in The IG said VA Chief of Staff Vivieca Wright Simpson altered emails to make it appear that Shulkin received an award to justify his wife's travel. But on Thursday morning, VA Committee Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) encouraged his colleagues to focus their questions on the department's fiscal 2019 budget request, not the IG findings. Members mostly had questions about the VA's 2019 budget proposal which totals an unprecedented $198.6 billion and is $12 billion more than the 2018 request. VA is spending more each year on community care, but Shulkin predicted the demand for the program would eventually level out. VA budget documents say the new hires would help address a growing appeals and accountability workload.Author
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