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Committee debates Veterans Affairs budget request, questions commissioner pay and service-dog funding
2252345 · February 6, 2025
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Senators questioned the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget requests on Monday, focusing on a commissioner pay increase implemented by the department and outstanding service-dog funding.
The Senate Appropriations Committee spent time reviewing the Department of Veterans Affairs budget and raised questions about a commissioner salary increase the department implemented outside the current appropriation.
Legislative staff told the committee the Senate long sheet currently includes salary adjustments, health insurance increases and IT rate changes but has not…
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