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Derrick Van Orden: “The electronic service record [for the VA] was originally…”

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

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden Slams VA Witnesses on Budget Shortfall in Full Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:31

No, it's a contract system. But are you supervising the contract? It's through the Office of Management. Because it's the financial system for the whole department. Okay. For The electronic service record [for the VA] was originally estimated to cost $10 billion. It's going to cost over $16 billion. So that's, you know, 60% off your budget estimate. You've got 171 sites and only six of them are using this so far. So you guys have blown $10 billion. (00:31–01:25)

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Asserts that the cost of the VA's electronic service record has increased from $10 billion to over $16 billion.

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