Rep. Corrine Brown doesn’t have to consort with right-wing extremists per former DHS Secretary “Jackboot” Janet Napolitano.
Via The DC
The top Democratic member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee is skipping the American Legion’s national conference in Washington, D.C. this week.
Hosted annually, the conference usually brings in top elected officials and, especially, the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate veterans affairs committees. But Florida Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown has other plans, according to her director of communications, David Simon.
“She won’t be in town for that meeting, but she will be participating in the luncheon at the Legion event for the Florida delegation where member priorities are discussed and Florida members are briefed on some of the region’s priorities,” Simon told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “She is meeting with the Legion in her office on Wednesday, and is of course attending the joint hearing on Wednesday.”
Brown entered the discussion of veterans’ issues in late November, when she was tapped as ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee amid protests from veterans, who wanted Rep. Tim Walz. A Democrat from Minnesota, Walz served with the Army National Guard for 24 years, is the highest-ranking enlisted veteran in Congress, and served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
That didn’t prevent the Democrats from temporarily booting him out of the committee on a technicality. The move enraged veterans because according to them, Brown hardly ever attends committee hearings and is otherwise complacent about reform.