Congressional Hearing Takes on V.A. Dog Lab Abuses

by Justin Goodman · in Blog

 

Less than 24 hours after White Coat Waste Project exposed flagrant dog abuse and transparency failures by experimentation laboratories at the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, the issue was on the agenda at a high-profile Congressional hearing of the committee that funds the Department of Veterans Affairs.

During an oversight hearing held by the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations subcommittee, Congressman Sanford Bishop (D-GA) pressed the V.A. Inspector General Michael Missal on his plans to investigate the troubling evidence of dog abuse WCW submitted to the agency.

You can watch the full clip of the exchange below.

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