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Candidate Committee
Candidate
Marco Rubio
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Rubio claims he "wrote and passed bipartisan legislation allowing the VA to fire negligent workers." PolitiFact rates this claim "Mostly True," though the "one caveat being that his legislation was included in a larger bill, and passed as law with other reforms to the VA system."

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08/12/2016 UTC
Last Aired On
08/30/2016 UTC
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Rubio says he wrote, passed veteran affairs bill
August 17, 2016

Marco Rubio’s latest ad said he "wrote and passed bipartisan legislation allowing the VA to fire negligent workers."

This is fairly accurate, with the one caveat being that his legislation was included in a larger bill, and passed as law with other reforms to the VA system.

We rate this Mostly True.

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