The move would require terminating tens of thousands of employees. VA Secretary Douglas A. Collins was grilled about the proposed cuts by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs earlier this ...

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The Trump administration's plan to cut roughly 80,000 jobs from the VA's nationwide service delivery system has prompted concern among local unions and veterans advocates. John Evanson ...

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“I have one purpose and one purpose alone, and that is to make the VA exactly what it’s supposed to be,” Collins told the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday. “And that is to ...

The letter from House Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., follows Government Executive’s reporting that VA was requiring employees working on the department’s ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston family was overcome with emotion after learning a nurse was charged with lying about the care she gave the veteran at the VA the night he died. James Duplechain ...

Sponsor Message Blumenthal responded that the secretary has failed to explain how he would reach his stated goal of returning the VA to its 2019 size without affecting care. "It simply cannot be done.

VA Secretary Doug Collins appeared in front of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for the first time Tuesday, where he faced contentious questioning over staffing upheavals at the VA.