- Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) is not at all happy that a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Orlando has been held up, with both sides blaming the other for delays.
- VA officials would not say during a hearing that Miller convened whether they are going to try to fire Brasfield & Gorrie from the job, which the VA announced in 2004. A deadline for that decision has just passed.
- Brasfield & Gorrie CEO Jim Gorrie blamed the VA for changes it wanted, but told the hearing that his company and the VA had worked out a deal the day before.
From the article:
Perplexed by continuing problems at a $300-million veterans hospital project in Orlando, Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) told officials with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and contractor Brasfield & Gorrie, "I want answers," as he convened a U.S. House field hearing across the street from the troubled job site on Aug. 13. ...