To their credit, VA has made a significant effort to increase veteran-owned small business' share of contracts and last fiscal year awarded 14.9 percent of the procurement contracts worth about $2.1 billion went to veteran-owned small businesses including $1.66 billion to disabled vet small businesses.
Boozman highlights the VA's success in awarding contracts to veteran-owned businesses.
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Secretary Kendall, you continue to emphasize the need for our investments to meet China's escalating military threats head on.
I can't recall a single year when the budget request for veterans health care went down.
Thank you all for being here. We appreciate the great work that you do ensuring the services not only have the resources to accomplish the mission but also taking care of the men and women that serve and sacrifice and their families.
Will you be able to in the next year or two, then be able to give us good data, working with your partners as to the positive effect that this is going to have?
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