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Derrick Van Orden: “$1.6 billion [was allocated] this last fiscal year [for…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Van Orden Urges VA Undersecretary Elnahal & Sec. McDonough to Resign After Executive Bonus Scandal

Published | Video Starts at 08:47

You got rolled up hard. 0% of all of these monies would have been recouped if you were not caught red handed. That's also a fact. Yes, correct, I am. $1.6 billion [was allocated] this last fiscal year [for veteran suicide prevention]. I stopped them. Mr. McDonough, you have a choice, and it's binary. You and Mr. Anna hall can become the face of everything that everybody hates about Washington, D.C. corruption, cocktail parties, institutions above individuals literally paying millions of dollars to each other for failing. (08:47–08:49)

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Asserts that $1.6 billion was allocated for veteran suicide prevention in the last fiscal year.

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