"So, unfortunately, members of Congress will head home for Memorial Day and veterans will keep waiting for accountability and that’s outrageous.”

◼ Rubio: ‘Outrageous’ and ‘Unacceptable’ that Sanders, Democrats Blocked VA Accountability Bill

Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) blasted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Democratic lawmakers who blocked his bill to increase accountability in the Department of Veterans Affairs in a Fox News interview Thursday, calling it “outrageous.”

“I just don’t understand that,” Rubio said. “It’s a very simple bill. All it says is that the secretary or any future secretary appointed by this president, a Democratic president, can fire executives in the VA who aren’t doing their jobs. Right now he can’t do that. And they blocked it. So, unfortunately, members of Congress will head home for Memorial Day and veterans will keep waiting for accountability and that’s outrageous.”