U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, urged Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald to investigate allegations that a number of questionable unaccredited educational institutions have received G.I. Bill benefits despite federal regulations to prevent it, according to a press release.

The urging follows a report by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.

The letter, signed by Sen. Murray, as well as Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Jack Reed (D-RI), stated: “The report documents a number of educationally questionable, and in some instances morally repugnant, institutions that have inexplicably received VA education benefits. These include an unlicensed massage therapy school, an institute whose parent organization is a listed hate group, and an institute on human sexuality claiming to be in possession of child pornography. If true, this is a terrible failure of our promise to veterans and taxpayers,” the Senators wrote.

“The VA is charged with protecting our veterans from unscrupulous entities by enforcing federal regulations allowing only those institutions whose instruction is ‘consistent in quality, content, and length’ with accredited institutions. VA’s enforcement and oversight is critical given over 2,000 unaccredited institutions have reportedly received more than $260 million in G.I. Bill benefits between 2009 and 2014.”

In response to the article that documents University of Phoenix’s deceptive marketing practices and its infringement on military trademarks, Durbin called on the Department of Defense to investigate the allegations made in the report and take immediate action to bar the company from further access to service members until the issues are resolved.