00:00First, Ranking Member Ramirez, do you have any closing remarks?
00:04Thank you, Chairwoman.
00:06World-class care can't be achieved when you've lost 1,720 registered nurses.
00:13It can't be achieved when 1,147 medical support assistant staff leave, or 604 physicians leave,
00:21and when asked why they're leaving, they say lack of trust and confidence in senior leaders.
00:25The information contained in VA's workforce dashboard is critical to our oversight
00:31and to showing the public the true picture of what is happening at the VA under Secretary Collins.
00:36It is hard to call us liars and say our claims are a hoax when we have the data from VA to backup concerns
00:42that veteran care and benefits are being impacted under Collins' leadership.
00:45The information for the public that is listening can be accessed at va.gov backslash employee backslash workforce dash dashboard.
00:56I urge everyone watching this hearing to go now and review the data and make a judgment for yourself
01:02on how this administration's actions have and will continue to impact world-class care for our veterans.
01:09We know that this administration has a history of deleting or hiding files and tampering with information they don't agree with.
01:18So to ensure that these documents remain a part of the public record and are not deleted, removed, or hidden,
01:25I request unanimous consent to enter issues 1 through 26 of VA's workforce dashboard into the record.
01:34Without objection, so ordered.
01:35Thank you, Chairwoman.
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