“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 take care of our veterans and do so in the most efficient and effective way.”
Collins, a former ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, is seeking to reduce the VA’s workforce of 400,000 employees by 83,000 people, indicating those in payroll and human resources positions will be the ones most likely affected as opposed to doctors, nurses, and others in 300,000 off-limits roles.
“We began to believe that the only issues in VA could be solved by simply giving more money and giving more employees,” the secretary said. “In fact,
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