When the evening newscasts wrapped up on Monday night, ABC was still the only network of the “big three” to cover the latest saga in the scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. It recently came to light that the VA had spent roughly $20 million dollars on art for its facilities. “But while the administration was spending more than ever on veterans it was also spending more of your tax dollars on art for veteran facilities,” reported Fox News Correspondent Kevin Corke Monday evening.

“And we’re talking about millions like the $6 million spent on art at a facility in Palo Alto California; including more than $1 million doled out for a decorative rock,” Corke said in his report. According to Corke the VA also spent, “$21,500 for a 27 foot artificial Christmas tree; that one delivered to a facility in Ohio.”

The sheer cost of the expenditures is staggering:

In all, nearly $20 million spent between 2004 and 2014. The spending, laid out in a report by the watch dog group Open the Books, alleged the VA Spent $18 million of the $20 million during the Obama administration alone. Including millions spent on art during the VA scandal in Phoenix where dozens of veterans died waiting for care.

In his report Corke interviewed Adam Andrzejewski, the Founder and CEO of Open the Books, and he condemned the VA’s extravagant expenditures. “No blind veteran can see a fancy sculpture and every veteran deserves to be able to see a doctor,” he exclaimed, “The VA is violating the sacred social bond to care for the warrior who fought so hard for us. And that’s why rooting out of waste, fraud, and duplication is so important.”

Corke also noted that the ridiculous expenditures have caught the eye of Republican politicians on Capitol Hill. Illinoi Republican Senator Mark Kirk said in a statement, and repeated by Corke, ““I’m calling for an immediate moratorium on art purchases until a Congressionally approved process is formally instated, so the American people are informed on how their tax dollars are spent.””

In addition, Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo also have yet to have any reports on the VA’s extremely large purchases. And in contrast to the Spanish-language networks, CBS, and NBC their competitor ABC reported on the spending revelations the previous Friday.

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