{"id":31853,"date":"2025-04-01T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/04\/01\/senator-vows-to-hold-all-va-nominees-over-planned-staff-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:35:19","slug":"senator-vows-to-hold-all-va-nominees-over-planned-staff-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/2025\/04\/01\/senator-vows-to-hold-all-va-nominees-over-planned-staff-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator vows to hold all VA nominees over planned staff cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2023\/01\/17\/ruben-gallego-on-defense-priorities-concerns-in-the-new-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego<\/a> on Tuesday vowed to hold all senior Veterans Affairs nominees in an effort to force department leaders to reconsider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/03\/06\/va-secretary-insists-massive-staff-cuts-needed-to-refocus-department\/\" target=\"_blank\">massive planned cuts to the agency\u2019s workforce<\/a> in coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move by Gallego \u2014 a member of the Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee and a Marine Corps veteran who saw combat in Iraq \u2014 came on the same day the committee held confirmation hearings for three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/03\/27\/senate-confirms-former-va-benefits-chief-as-new-deputy-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\">senior department posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican leaders can still get around the holds and confirm those posts, but doing so will take extra floor time and procedural maneuvers. Gallego said the obstruction is worthwhile to highlight the potential dangers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/24\/senate-democrats-plan-shadow-hearings-on-controversial-va-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\">VA leaders\u2019 planned cuts.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s sit down and actually have a real review about where we can find efficiencies, where we can make investments in VA,\u201d he said in an interview with Military Times. \u201cMaybe that does mean that we have to close some areas, merge some areas, hire more people, invest in technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut the fact is [the administration] is not doing any of that. They\u2019re saying the best way for us to make improvements is just to cut the workforce. They\u2019re not telling us how that actually is going to improve the lives of veterans, or if we\u2019re actually improving efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2025\/03\/06\/va-secretary-insists-massive-staff-cuts-needed-to-refocus-department\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA secretary insists massive staff cuts needed to refocus department<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Secretary Doug Collins confirmed leaders are looking at trimming 80,000 workers to slim down the growing VA bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, leaked documents revealed plans by VA leadership to cut the department\u2019s workforce by more than 80,000 individuals, returning staffing to 2019 levels. VA Secretary Doug Collins has said the moves will make the department leaner and more focused without harming benefits delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Democratic lawmakers \u2014 and many outside advocacy groups \u2014 have questioned that assertion, noting that officials are performing a review of staffing needs and gaps after already publicly committing to the sweeping cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate has already confirmed the top leadership posts at VA: Collins and Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has not yet announced nominees for the Under Secretary of Health and Under Secretary for Benefits. Former Senate candidate Sam Brown, nominee for Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, was expected to quickly gain confirmation before Gallego\u2019s hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown faced mostly calm questioning at a Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday alongside James Baehr, Trump\u2019s nominee to be general counsel for VA, and Richard Topping, Trump\u2019s nominee to be VA\u2019s chief financial officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gallego said he will remove the holds if VA leaders \u201ccommit to abandon plans to unilaterally layoff over 83,000 VA employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement in response to the holds, VA press secretary Pete Kasperowicz emphaiszed the need for staff changes at the department and insisted that \u201cdespite major opposition from those who don\u2019t want to change a thing at VA, we will reform the department to make it work better for veterans, families, caregivers and survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to cut more than 80,000 staffers from VA offices would severely hurt benefits delivery, said Arizona Democrat Sen. 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