The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee wants to know why nearly a third of veterans seeking mental health care at Veterans Affairs Department facilities wait longer than 14 days — and in some cases, more than two months — for an appointment.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., committee chairwoman, said she is troubled by what she views as VA’s lack of a plan to address problems within its system.

Murray’s committee will conduct a hearing on Wednesday seeking answers.

“After the countless Inspector General reports, GAO reports, hearings, public laws, conferences and stories from veterans and clinicians in the field, it is time to act,” Murray said in a letter to VA Undersecretary of Health Dr. Robert Petzel in October.