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Derrick Van Orden: “The Veterans Affairs Administration has proven repeatedly…”

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

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Wisconsin 3RD District Congressman Derrick Van Orden, Navy Seal, Vets | ELJ EP296

Published | Video Starts at 25:39

And they said we needed all of this money. Oh, we actually need this much money. Right. And this is the accountability thing I'm talking about. The Veterans Affairs Administration has proven repeatedly their inability to plan for anything or to budget for anything because they know they're going to come back to Congress and Congress is going to say, not going to cut our veteran short. So there has to. And Doug Collins, I have confidence in that cat, that he's going to come in and take care of a lot of these things. (25:39–25:51)

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Asserts that the Veterans Affairs Administration is unable to plan or budget effectively, relying on Congress for additional funds.

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