They've been at risk by those firings. We know also that there are additional firings that are coming. 80,000 VA employees are slated to be fired. And the cuts to health care in the reconciliation bill will impact veterans families, which is why I was hoping we could mitigate much of that through this bill. (01:01–01:07)
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