On the recordMay 8, 2018
I don't understand why, if the VA hasn't spent the hundreds of millions of dollars that have already been appropriated for this new system, that the VA would then request $1.2 billion on top of it.
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Schatz questions the VA's request for additional funds amid unspent appropriations.
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