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Doug Collins: “We had a 15 year project that cost 1.6 billion.”

Featuring: Doug Collins, Republican | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | National

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Congresswoman Escobar Discusses Military Construction with VA Secretary Collins

Published | Video Starts at 03:31

And the reason is, is because over the years, we have tried to piecemeal stuff, place it out, and we'd give 200 million here, 200 million here, 200 million here,. And at the end of the day, We had a 15 year project that cost 1.6 billion. Example. You know, we're so. We. One of the things I did was change that. I said, let's look for a major, like hospital production, which yours is ongoing, which by the way, is about 49% completed. (03:31–03:34)

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