In a video posted on social media, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) condemned the Trump Administration's plans to fire over 80,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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00:00Since January, Elon Musk and his alcoholics have fired more than 63,000 federal employees,
00:06spiking layoffs nationwide by 245 percent.
00:10Now they've focused their sights on the VA, which exists solely to serve the more than
00:15nine million veterans who have served us.
00:18I'm a third-generation veteran, and I know personally how important it is to care for
00:23those who choose to serve our country.
00:25But under the Trump administration, 83,000 Americans are expected to be fired from the
00:30Veterans Administration this year, one in four of whom are veterans themselves.
00:36That means that we're stripping American heroes of everything that we promised to them when
00:40they raised their hand to defend us—health care provided at VA medical centers and nursing
00:45homes, cancer treatment for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, rehabilitation for injuries
00:50and lost limbs, and essential mental health care as well.
00:54Oh, and their pensions, burials, education, and much more.
00:59This isn't a second-rate reality show where we fire people from essential jobs and then
01:03they get to go on to get jobs at Fox News.
01:06This is the real world, and both our veterans and those employed to care for them are at
01:10risk.
01:11We, here in Congress, are responsible for them, and I call on each and every member
01:16of the House and Senate to remember and to deliver on their promise to them.
01:21Because Donald Trump most certainly will not.
01:24If you agree, please call your elected officials and the White House and tell them to stay
01:29out of Veterans Affairs.