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Lawmakers press VA secretary over probationary firings, crisis-line staffing and return-to-office
Summary
Members of the House Appropriations panel pressed Secretary Collins on recent personnel actions at the VA — including firings of probationary employees and alleged terminations at the veterans crisis line — and on the department's return-to-office policies and claims about collective-bargaining changes.
House appropriators and lawmakers questioned Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Collins over staffing changes, probationary firings and the impact of personnel decisions on veterans services.
Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz said the first weeks of the new administration included a round of firings that “indiscriminately targeted probationary employees” and cited a letter in which she said the secretary admitted firing 24 employees at the veterans crisis line.…
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