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Derrick Van Orden: “The estimate from the guys at the VA that it was going to…”

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

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Rep. Van Orden Highlights Veterans Affairs Administration's Inaction in Health Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:00

Because I've seen it to the tunes tune of billions and billions and billions of dollars of waste. One example is the electronic GI bill. The estimate from the guys at the VA that it was going to cost $25 million. You know what they're up to now? $960 million from a $25 million estimate. And Mr. Flitz, McCormack, we had this hearing the other day about the electronic service record. Wow. I mean, it's shocking. (03:00–03:14)

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