Wasserman Schultz, DeLauro Slam Trump Plan to Cut 30,000 Veterans Affairs Employees

Washington, July 7, 2025
“President Trump and the VA refuse to answer simple questions and share information on what positions are not being filled and what the impact will be of this massive reduction in force. We need answers. The American people need answers. Our veterans deserve answers.”

If slashing the workforce by 30,000 employees is not a “large-scale reduction in force,” what is?

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Ranking Member Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement on President Trump’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plan to reduce VA staff by 30,000 employees:

“Our veterans make significant sacrifices in service of our country, but those sacrifices do not seem to matter to President Trump. The men and women who bravely served our country need additional services, shorter wait times, and more support, not less. Make no mistake, reducing the VA workforce by 30,000 employees is a large-scale reduction in force that will eliminate job opportunities for veterans and hinder the VA’s ability to serve our veterans.

“President Trump and the VA refuse to answer simple questions and share information on what positions are not being filled and what the impact will be of this massive reduction in force. We need answers. The American people need answers. Our veterans deserve answers.”