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Derrick Van Orden: “The Veterans Administration is unwilling to do something…”

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

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden Underscores Suicide Prevention at Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:53

I get that. And one of the reasons is that they may have to update their regulations to reflect a change, if at any weight, any time, that The Veterans Administration is unwilling to do something that could potentially help one of our Vietnam veterans because they may have to take the time to update a regulation. To me, that's suspect. And therefore I ask everyone to support this and oppose the VA's rather silly excuse for not doing so. Now I'd like to speak on HR 7347. (01:53–02:02)

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