Derrick Van Orden: “Since 2020, the number of employees at the Education…”

“That we are going to refocus the Veterans Affairs Administration on veterans and not the Veterans Affairs Administration. We're going to talk about state of education services in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Since 2020, the number of employees at the Education Services at VA's headquarters in D.C. has nearly doubled, growing from 102 to 185 in 2024. So I'm going to say it again. The headquarters staff has nearly doubled, but the actual budget has only increased by. It went from $1.5 billion to $12.1 billion.” (03:07–03:18)

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