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Derrick Van Orden: “You failed to do your job during the entire COVID 19 thing…”

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

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden Calls for VA Accountability on Spinal Chord Injuries at VA Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:23

Yes, sir. Okay, so you signed an employment contract to be held accountable to the people that are sitting behind you essentially, in wheelchairs. Correct. And yet You failed to do your job during the entire COVID 19 thing, but you expected other people to do theirs. Is that right? Mr. Van Orden, I appreciate your question. I want to make clear that I joined this office in December of 2021. (03:23–03:29)

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Asserts that the Department of Veterans Affairs failed to perform its duties during the COVID-19 pandemic while expecting others to fulfill theirs.

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