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Mike Coffman: “Having led the effort in the Congress to strip the VA of its construction management authority to ever build another…”

On the recordMay 19, 2016
Having led the effort in the Congress to strip the VA of its construction management authority to ever build another hospital again and focus on really what your core competencies are, which is providing health care to our veterans and other benefits, it is amazing to me--and we are still waiting for this administrative investigative board report, the AIB, that to my understanding is finished, but is yet to be released to the public and to the Congress in its entirety.
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Mike Coffman
Republican · Colorado

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Coffman discusses the need for accountability in VA hospital management.

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