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Derrick Van Orden: “On August 17, the ranking member and I, as well as…”

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

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Rep. Van Orden Speaks on Reducing Student Veteran Debt in Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 17:29

So sir, the last time that you came here and testified on behalf of the va, we're discussing this, the issues with the subcommittee and I just, I can't agree with the word thriving. For instance, On August 17, the ranking member and I, as well as subcommittee on Technology Modernization sent a letter regarding our concepts of the digital GI program. This letter had a deadline for September 15, which was the anniversary of the invasion of Inchon, in case you're in history above. Yet we didn't get a response until nearly a month after that, October 10th. So maybe we have different definitions of the word thriving. Mr. Garcia. So if we ask you for a product and we give a deadline and it takes more than … (17:29–17:52)

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Asserts that a letter regarding the digital GI program was sent with a deadline of September 15, but the response was delayed until October 10.

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