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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins announced that VA will not pursue a large-scale reduction-in-force (RIF) for VA staff:

“From the very beginning I have long said that I had full confidence in Secretary Collins and the Trump administration to make the right decision surrounding any plans to reduce VA’s workforce. With today’s announcement from Secretary Collins, those who have spent the last six months yelling from the sidelines should have held off their criticism of potential plans until a plan was actually in place,” said Chairman Bost. “I look forward to continuing to work with the Secretary and President Trump to effect real change for the veterans VA serves. The status quo is not cutting it, and we will continue to cut through the nonsense and restore common sense at the agency to put veterans first and ultimately make the delivery of care and benefits work better,” Chairman Bost continued. “The vast majority of VA employees come to work and proudly serve our veterans. However, poor performing VA employees must be held accountable when they aren’t putting veterans first and we will ensure this message is clear, not just through words – but also through action.”