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On the recordFebruary 28, 2017
you impose this draconian hiring freeze when you have thousands and thousands of positions that are open, and that's going to aggravate a situation in which the agency can't deliver at the level that it should be able it to deliver.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Sarbanes criticizes the hiring freeze for worsening the VA's staffing issues.

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