david heul houlihan . >> did you have any interaction with dr. houlihan? >> he called me and expressed his condolences for my son jason and i think a day or two after we got the autopsy report back too. he says i'm kind of puzzled on this. did you by any chance give your son any extra meds? i'm like no, i'm fighting for a reduction in meds and he's asking me that. >> it turns out months before jason's death, the va had looked into dr. houhilan. in march 2014 the va found that dr. houlihan and one of his nurse he had been prescribing high levels of narcotics. kristen saw patients every day whom she thought seemed overmedicated. >> the patients a lot of them were just walking around like zombies. i couldn't understand why there were so many patients that were just being in their bed all day long. >> jacob called the toma va candy-land and he referred the dr. houlihan as the candy-man. >> her son was also treated at toma. >> he liked dr. houlihan. he liked drugs. >> what was your interaction with him? >> he was pretty short, he said he was the doctor and that

david houlihan, former chief of staff at the v.a. medical center in tomah, wisconsin, was nicknamed "the candyman." he allegedly doled out an alarmingly high amount of narcotic pain medications to patients. yet, the v.a. still paid houlihan a $4,000 performance bonus last year, taxpayer money he kept after being fired earlier this week. the v.a. paid out $143 million in performance bonuses to employees in 2014, even though several of them were under investigation or accused of mismanagement. the list was compiled by the house veterans affairs committee and its republican chair jeff miller, who said it's evidence of the v.a.'s disturbing trend of rewarding employees who preside over corruption and incompetence. but in a stairnlgt the v.a. said it needs to pay bonuses to attract and retain top talent and notes it did suspend payouts last year to some senior executives following revelations that employees falsified wait lists to meet targets. v.a. secretary bob mcdonald said the agency has made progress but congress is in the way. >> my

yet the va paid houlihan a $400 bonus last year. taxpayer money he kept after being fired earlier this week. the v.a. paid out $143 million in performance bonuses to s toes to employees in 2014. several under investigation or accused of mismanagement, the list compiled by the house veterans affairs committee and jeff miller who said it is evidence of the va disturbing trend of rewarding employees who preside over corruption and incompa tense. in a statement the v.a. said it needs to pay bonuses to attract and retain top talent and did suspend pay yuts to xk tough is following revelations employees falsified wait lists to meet targets. bob mcdonald brought on the fix the wait list scandal said the agency has made progress but congress is in the way. >> my vision is being held hostage by politics. what i am trying to do is to work with the members of congress to leave politics at the door and focus on veterans. >> reporter: now charlie, mcdonald needs congress to approve a more than $1 billion funding increase he requested to help ove

yet the va paid houlihan, a $400 $4,000 performance bonus last year. being fired earlier this week. the v.a. paid out $143 million in performance bonuses to employees in 2014. several under investigation or accused of mismanagement, the list compiled by the house veterans affairs committee and jeff miller who said it is evidence of the va disturbing trend of rewarding employees who preside over corruption and incompetence. in a statement the v.a. said it needs to pay bonuses to attract and retain top talent and did suspend payouts last year to some senior executives, following revelations employees falsified wait lists to meet targets. v.a. secretary bob mcdonald brought on the fix the wait list scandal said the agency has made progress but congress is in the way. >> my vision is being held hostage by politics. what i am trying to do is to work with the members of congress to leave politics at the door and focus on veterans. >> reporter: now, charlie, mcdonald needs congress to approve a more than $1 billion funding increase he requested to to serve the 23 million veterans in this c

yet the va paid houlihan, a $400 $4,000 performance bonus last year. being fired earlier this week. the v.a. paid out $143 million in performance bonuses to employees in 2014. several under investigation or accused of mismanagement, the list compiled by the house veterans affairs committee and jeff miller who said it is evidence of the va disturbing trend of rewardidi employees who preside over corruption and incompetence. in a statement the v.a. said it needs pay bonuses to attruct and retain top talent and did suspend payouts last year to some senior executives, following revelations employees falsified wait lists to meet targets. v.a. secretary bob mcdonald brought on the fix the wait list scandal said the agency has made progress but congress is in the way. >> my vision is being held hostage by politics. what i am trying to do is to work with the members of congngss to leave politics at the door and focus on veterans. >> reporter: now, charlie, mcdonald needs congress to approve a more than $1 billion funding increase he requested to help overhaul the va. to serve the 23 million