83,000 VA workers targeted for layoffs by August

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "I have questions about the impact these reductions and discussions could have on the delivery of services, especially following the implementation of the PACT Act," he said, referring to the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act.
48% : The memo sent Tuesday by VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek directed agency leaders to work with the Department of Government Efficiency to reduce and reorganize the VA to "achieve efficiencies dictated" by Trump's Feb. 13 order for decreasing the federal workforce.
29% : Trump said Tuesday night in his first address to Congress since re-election that his administration is "reclaiming power from an unaccountable bureaucracy" through the workforce reductions.

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