I looked at the first budget that I showed up on in 2009, it was 93.5 billion and about 250,000 employees...
Tim Walz: “I looked at the first budget that I showed up on in 2009, it was 93.5 billion and about 250,000 employees...”
On the recordDecember 6, 2017
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Walz reflects on the growth of the VA budget and staffing over the years.
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