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Mark Takano Democrat
“I want to know if the VA Secretary really plans to cut 57 billion dollars from disability benefits. He already backed down once from lowering benefits for veterans whose health improves with treatment.”
“So the gentleman is saying that a Secretary who backed away from changes to disability ratings in terms of medication--the intent was to say that if veterans take medication or get some sort of treatment, that if their conditions improve, that their disability ratings could then be lowered. He backed away from that after immense protest and opposition from veterans and veterans organizations. You are telling me that this very same Secretary is telling you that he is moving forward with a $57 billion cut to disability ratings? Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman for the purposes of a colloquy.”
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So the gentleman is saying that a Secretary who backed away from changes to disability ratings in terms of medication--the intent was to say that if veterans take medication or get some sort of treatment, that if their conditions improve, that their disability ratings could then be lowered. He backed away from that after immense protest and opposition from veterans and veterans organizations. You are telling me that this very same Secretary is telling you that he is moving forward with a $57 billion cut to disability ratings? Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman for the purposes of a colloquy.