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Lawmakers, VSOs warn VA workforce cuts and contract terminations risk veteran services
Summary
A joint House and Senate Veterans' Affairs hearing on veteran service priorities turned into an urgent inquiry about personnel separations and contract cancellations at the Department of Veterans Affairs, with lawmakers and veterans service organizations warning the changes could disrupt care and benefits delivery.
A joint House and Senate Veterans' Affairs hearing on veteran service priorities turned into an urgent inquiry about personnel separations and contract cancellations at the Department of Veterans Affairs, with lawmakers and veterans service organizations warning the changes could disrupt care and benefits delivery.
The hearing opened with lawmakers and VSO leaders describing recent personnel actions. "We learned on Monday that VA indiscriminately fired an additional 1,400 employees," Rep. Mark Takano, ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, told the panel. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said similar workforce reductions and contract terminations were already producing localized effects: "They are having a real impact in Connecticut, where veterans are coming to me," he said.
Why it matters: witnesses said the workforce and contracts…
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