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March 11, 2025
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At Hearing, Blumenthal Takes Trump VA to Task on Reckless "Fire Now, Plan Later" Directive to Cut 83,000 VA Employees
Blumenthal: “We are talking about rearranging chairs on the deck of a sinking ship.”
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March 11, 2025
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Blumenthal Unveils Sweeping Veterans Bill Aimed at Reversing Damage from Trump Administration's Egregious Cuts at VA, Assault on Veterans
Top Democrat on the VA Committee announces comprehensive Putting Veterans First Act to protect veterans, military spouses, and VA employees targeted in DOGE’s cuts
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March 10, 2025
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Blumenthal, Senators Swing Back at VA Secretary Collins' "Blatantly Dishonest" Claims that Cutting 83,000 VA Employees Will Have No Impact on Veterans' Care and Benefits
“We will make sure the public knows the truth – that cutting back to 2019 staffing levels means firing over 18,000 nurses, ten percent of the VA police force, nearly 10,000 schedulers, and more than thirty percent of the Veterans Benefits Administration staff.”
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March 6, 2025
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Blumenthal, Committee Democrats Ring Alarm, Demand Immediate Answers on Collins' Disastrous Plan to Cut 83,000 Jobs at VA
“It defies logic and reason that the agency could cut an additional 83,000 employees, beyond the 2,400 or more you have already terminated, without healthcare and benefits being interrupted.”
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March 5, 2025
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Blumenthal Statement on Trump VA's Reported Damning Internal Memo Revealing Plans to Cut More Than 80,000 VA Employees
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March 4, 2025
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Senate Republicans Block Blumenthal, Senate Democrats' Resolution Condemning Trump Administration's Mass Terminations of VA Employees, Veterans
Ahead of the President’s Joint Address, Blumenthal, Senate Democrats took to the Senate floor to call for unanimous passage of resolution condemning Trump’s mass terminations of VA employees serving veterans; “They are not faceless bureaucrats. They are not suckers. They are not losers. They are hardworking public servants who have willingly sacrificed everything for this country, willing to give even their lives.”
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March 4, 2025
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In Rebuke of Trump Administration Attacks on Veterans, Senate Democrats Make Defending Veterans and VA Care a Priority at Joint Address
Senate Democrats’ guests at tonight’s speech to include veterans indiscriminately fired as part of the Trump Administration’s mass terminations of federal government employees and the former VA Inspector General illegally fired by Trump
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March 3, 2025
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Blumenthal Announces Former VA Inspector General Michael Missal as Guest for Joint Address to Congress
Before being terminated by Trump, Missal served for nearly a decade under Republican and Democratic administrations protecting veterans from waste, fraud & abuse
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February 27, 2025
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Blumenthal, Kaine, Senators to Trump: Reinstate Every Veteran You Illegally Fired in the Federal Government's Mass Terminations
“Your Administration’s actions are damaging the economic security and morale of our military and veteran families, the federal government’s ability to recruit and retain high-quality talent, and ultimately, our national security.”
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February 26, 2025
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VA Pauses Secretary Collins' Reckless Cancellation of Critical Contracts Delivering Direct Services to Veterans, Following Blumenthal's Concerns
At hearing, Blumenthal swings back at Trump Administration, Republicans’ claims that VA’s cancellation of contracts won’t impact veterans’ services with internal spreadsheet