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Mark Takano: “Last year--okay, well, the VA proposed moving money from specific funds to a general purpose fund, and how would that…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2018
Last year--okay, well, the VA proposed moving money from specific funds to a general purpose fund, and how would that have impacted the services you provide the veterans and the numbers of veterans you serve?
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Takano questioned the impact of VA's funding changes on veteran services.

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