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Lawmakers and VSOs warn VA workforce cuts and contract cancellations risk disrupting veteran care
Summary
Members of Congress and veterans service organizations told a joint House–Senate hearing that recent mass firings, hiring freezes and contract cancellations at the Department of Veterans Affairs are creating service interruptions and threatening programs veterans rely on, and urged greater transparency and targeted oversight.
Members of Congress and veterans service organizations told a joint House–Senate hearing that recent mass firings, hiring freezes and contract cancellations at the Department of Veterans Affairs are creating service interruptions and threatening programs veterans rely on.
At the hearing the Senate ranking member, Richard Blumenthal, summarized reports that Secretary Collins announced the cancellation of hundreds of contracts and said veterans and small businesses have already been harmed. Blumenthal said a contractor told him, quoting a veteran business owner, that the secretary’s claim that the cancellations "would not impact veteran health care or…
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