Republicans continue to claim there are “no real life” impact to vets’ health care & benefits due to the Trump Administration’s disastrous cuts to VA. Yet—the impacts being felt by veterans across the country are mounting every day, like with Springfield Vet Center in MA:

This memo makes the Trump Admin’s goal crystal clear: they want to roll back the PACT Act by cutting 80,000 jobs—including 20,000 veterans—while starving VA’s ability to meet increased demand in order to justify privatizing VA.

✅FACT: More than a dozen of Veterans Crisis Line employees were illegally & indiscriminately terminated by DOGE. These employees have been directly in touch with @SVACDem members. ❌FRAUD: Misleading veterans to corroborate Secretary Collins’ cover-up: military.com/daily-news/202…

LIVE: In response to Musk & Trump’s firing of federal veteran employees & attempts to slash VA care & benefits, senators introduce the Putting Veterans First Act to protect vets, military spouses, & VA employees indiscriminately targeted by DOGE cuts. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Now more than ever, veterans need protections from Musk & Trump’s reckless, relentless attacks across the federal government. Tammy Duckworth's CR amendment to reinstate veterans who have been illegally fired is a measure every Democrat & Republican should support.

Congress has an urgent oversight role in this moment of crisis for veterans. Now more than ever, we need to sound the alarm & hear directly from the veterans & VA employees impacted by Musk-Trump’s reckless cuts, freezes, & firings. nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/…

It’s a disgrace. It’s shameful. It’s unacceptable. We are in a moment of crisis for our veterans. Musk is slashing & trashing our VA with huge, real life impacts on vets’ health care & disability benefits. Congress must muster the fortitude to call it out & call it off.

LIVE: Ranking Member Blumenthal & Senate VA Committee Democrats hold the first shadow hearing to examine the Trump Administration's heartless & heartbreaking mass firings at the VA. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

TUNE IN: @SenatorBlumenthal, Tammy Duckworth, & Sen. Bernie Sanders are speaking on the Senate floor asking for unanimous consent to pass three resolutions that would reverse the Trump Administration’s egregious cuts & firings targeting VA & veterans across the federal government.

Senate Republicans just BLOCKED three different resolutions condemning massive Veterans Affairs staffing cuts and benefits cuts for veterans Richard Blumenthal, Bernie Sanders, and Tammy Duckworth are demanding these critical workers and services be reinstated WATCH:

LIVE: Secretary Collins comes before the Senate to answer Dems’ questions on the chaos gripping VA & the harm being done to our veterans. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

LIVE: Senators hear directly from former VA employees & stakeholders about how DOGE’s cuts are endangering PACT Act care & benefits for toxic-exposed veterans & their families. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

LIVE: Richard Blumenthal will join Military & Veterans Service Organizations to demand action on the Major Richard Star Act—legislation to ensure combat-injured veterans receive the full military benefits they have earned. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

LIVE: Dems question the Trump Administration's partisan, Trump-loyalist nominees for top VA positions as they appear before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Our veterans deserve a VA Inspector General who will perform independent, nonpartisan oversight—not a political operative who slashes the dedicated VA workforce. Mason is a Trump loyalist who puts her political agenda over the needs of our veterans, & Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Dems won't stand for it

LIVE: Senate Dems hear directly from veterans, the small business community, & stakeholders about DOGE & the Trump Admin’s chaotic cancellation of VA contracts—cutting off veterans from critical services & vital support operations. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

LIVE: The Veterans Crisis Line saves lives. Democrats hear from former crisis line staff about improving—not undercutting—this vital resource. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Happening Now: The Veterans Crisis Line saves lives. Democrats hear from former crisis line staff about improving—not undercutting—this vital resource. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This announcement makes clear VA is bleeding employees across the board at an unsustainable rate because of the toxic work environment created by this Administration & DOGE’s slash and trash policies. 1/ news.va.gov/press-room/va-…