US Edition‘We call it betrayal’: Veterans join Dems in D.C. to protest Trump’s sweeping VA job cuts
- On May 6, 2025, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins testified in Washington before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee about plans to cut VA jobs and reform services.
- The plan to reduce the VA workforce by 15%, targeting over 80,000 positions, follows the Trump administration’s executive order to shrink federal government size amid concerns over transparency.
- Collins defended the workforce review aimed at eliminating inefficiencies while ensuring no direct care providers are fired, but Democrats criticized the lack of detailed information and potential harm to veterans’ services.
- Collins stated the VA employs 470,000 people, with critical roles protected, noting the cuts exclude doctors and nurses and aim to increase productivity and reduce waste through canceling 538 contracts and ending non-essential jobs.
- The proposed cuts and ongoing reforms have sparked bipartisan concern about service disruptions, while Collins welcomes oversight and the nomination of Cheryl Mason as Inspector General draws partisan criticism over independence.
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Veteran Affairs Secretary pledges federal layoffs will not affect care or benefits
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins says efficiency will not reduce effectiveness at the VA. During an interview with Queen City News, Collins said any cuts he makes will focus on bureaucracy, not actual healthcare. “My overall goal was to set a new tone here…and I think that’s what we’ve been doing every day because they hear from me it every day, it's about the veteran,” said Collins. On Tuesday, Collins…
Over 11,000 VA health care employees apply to leave, but ‘very few’ eligible for separation incentives
Over 11,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees in health care-related positions have requested to quit their jobs through a variety of governmentwide separation incentives. Of those, more than 1,300 VA nurses, nearly 800 medical support assistants and 200 VA physicians have applied for the agency’s deferred resignation program (DRP), accepted an early retirement offer or voluntarily retired from the agency. That’s according to data Federal…
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