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Sen. Blumenthal: I Regret Voting to Confirm Doug Collins for VA Secretary
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CNN
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CNN News Central
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Richard Blumenthal
, Boris Sanchez
Name: Richard Blumenthal
Employment: U.S. Senate
Position: Senator
Name: Boris Sanchez
Employment: CNN
Position: Correspondent
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SANCHEZ Senator last question ░░░░░░░░ re placing a hold ░░░░░░░░ all VA nominees to ░░░░░░░░ President Trump s slashing ░░░░░░░░ cuts to VA care ░░░░░░░░ benefits joining Senator Gallego ░░░░░░░░ Arizona to do that ░░░░░░░░ wonder do you regret ░░░░░░░░ to confirm the VA ░░░░░░░░ Doug Collins BLUMENTHAL I ░░░░░░░░ regret it It was ░░░░░░░░ mistake In fact I ░░░░░░░░ apologized to the voters ░░░░░░░░ my state of Connecticut ░░░░░░░░ constituents because he made ░░░░░░░░ and commitments that he ░░░░░░░░ failed to keep And ░░░░░░░░ now what we have ░░░░░░░░ effect is a war ░░░░░░░░ veterans the cuts in ░░░░░░░░ the freezes in hiring ░░░░░░░░ firings of workers are ░░░░░░░░ health care in real ░░░░░░░░ for real people And ░░░░░░░░ the lesson here for ░░░░░░░░ is trust but verify ░░░░░░░░ don t trust based ░░░░░░░░ the lack of verification ░░░░░░░░ the leaders so far ░░░░░░░░ by the Senate have ░░░░░░░░ to us I am ░░░░░░░░ to continue to fight ░░░░░░░░ restore health care the ░░░░░░░░ has provided the gold ░░░░░░░░ and veterans are rightly ░░░░░░░░ with it But if ░░░░░░░░ positions of surgeons nurses ░░░░░░░░ schedulers are unfilled or ░░░░░░░░ those people are fired ░░░░░░░░ are 400 40 000 ░░░░░░░░ positions 83 000 will ░░░░░░░░ fired We are going ░░░░░░░░ see a degradation of ░░░░░░░░ VA health care system ░░░░░░░░ a failure to fulfill ░░░░░░░░ obligation to provide disability ░░░░░░░░ for example under the ░░░░░░░░ Act compensation that we ░░░░░░░░ that we owe to ░░░░░░░░ veterans who have earned ░░░░░░░░
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