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Derrick Van Orden: “So for a single disabled veteran to not know that these…”

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

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Van Orden Chairs Econ Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on VA's Adaptive Programs for Disabled Vets

Published | Video Starts at 19:55

Sir and ma' am sitting in the third row back there. We know where they are. We know their names, we know their addresses. We know their email addresses. We know their phone numbers. So for a single disabled veteran to not know that these programs exist or that you can get reimbursed, you can do trade in and stuff like that is just stupid. It's 2025. We know where all of these people are. We literally can assign a geographic point to their house. So I'm making the strongest recommendation possible to fix this problem. (19:55–20:08)

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Asserts that it is unreasonable for disabled veterans to be unaware of existing programs and reimbursement options.

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