Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins Slams Senator Schumer for Sidestepping Past Administration’s Veterans Care Failures
Washington, D.C. — In a rare and pointed public rebuke, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins has openly criticized Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for what Collins describes as a failure to acknowledge critical veterans’ issues stemming from the previous administration. Speaking at a recent veterans’ affairs forum, Collins expressed frustration that ongoing challenges within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been unfairly attributed solely to current leadership, while ignoring systemic problems left unresolved by prior policies. Collins directly called on Schumer to recognize the legacy issues impacting veterans’ care that have persisted across administrations. “It is essential












