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Derrick Van Orden: “That would have 0.07%. Okay. Where I come from, that's…”

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

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Rep. Van Orden Questions Witnesses on Veteran Suicide Prevention in VA EO Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 06:22

You're not answering the question I asked. I said you contacted 14,000. According to Ms. Cohen's testimony. Out of how many? Out of. The answer is 200,000. That would have 0.07%. Okay. Where I come from, that's failure. I certainly would not come up here in front of this committee and tout that as a good number. That's horrible. It's.07%, Mr. Or Sega. We wrote a letter. (06:22–06:29)

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Asserts that contacting 14,000 out of 200,000 veterans is a 0.07% success rate, which he considers a failure.

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