Once again Representative Newhouse has proved himself to be a political hack with his Guest Column published in the June 22nd Star. (“We must protect Central Washington’s veterans”)

His blaming the Biden Administration not serving the veterans of Central Washington for rolling out the EHR system after the VA was briefed about problems with the system is blatantly false.

According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs’ “EHR Modernization” Facts Sheets, dated 6/7/2022, the rollout of the system was performed in the Northwest during the Trump Administration in the Fall of 2020.

While his facts on the problems with the system and his call for resources for Spokane and Walla Walla are valid, his inflammatory opening statement to hold the Biden Administration accountable in his column is just another example of his attempts at political divisiveness.