Derrick Van Orden: “It eliminates the funding for the Veterans Office of Public…”

“… our veterans health care, our veterans health benefit programs and many other Veterans Administration programs to the tune of $800 million more than Joe Biden put in his budget request. It eliminates the funding for the Veterans Office of Public affairs in direct response to their politically motivated false claims about budget cuts. So my number one priority when I entered this body is to prevent veteran suicide and by scaring veterans away from going to the Veterans affairs facilities that is not forwarding that goal.” (02:40–02:50)

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