Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Yeah, let's start with two separate things. Number one, this administration is the most anti-veteran administration in the history of this country. And I'm not even close, right? You know, today we had the VA secretary at our committee hearing, and he could not pinpoint why and where he came about that he wanted to cut the workforce of the VA by 15%. There's no logical reason to it.

Yeah, let's start with two separate things. Number one, this administration is the most anti-veteran administration in the history of this country. And I'm not even close, right? You know, today we had the VA secretary at our committee hearing, and he could not pinpoint why and where he came about that he wanted to cut the workforce of the VA by 15%. There's no logical reason to it.

There's no study. There's nothing. They just came up with this number. Some doge boy out of San Jose, California, who has zero experience with, you know, the VA came up with this number and now they're executing it. You know, this recently they tried to float the idea of changing Veterans Day to World War Two Day, World War One Day. Like, how stupid are you to even think about that?

There's no study. There's nothing. They just came up with this number. Some doge boy out of San Jose, California, who has zero experience with, you know, the VA came up with this number and now they're executing it. You know, this recently they tried to float the idea of changing Veterans Day to World War Two Day, World War One Day. Like, how stupid are you to even think about that?

There's no study. There's nothing. They just came up with this number. Some doge boy out of San Jose, California, who has zero experience with, you know, the VA came up with this number and now they're executing it. You know, this recently they tried to float the idea of changing Veterans Day to World War Two Day, World War One Day. Like, how stupid are you to even think about that?

You know, there's veterans that are starting to see the effects of some of these cuts, you know, where we're hearing about, you know, therapists that have to have some of their sessions in open, you know, open air cubicles, which is horrible for privacy matters. It is all bad. And it doesn't surprise me. Again, this man has zero concept of selflessness, self-service or service to the country.

You know, there's veterans that are starting to see the effects of some of these cuts, you know, where we're hearing about, you know, therapists that have to have some of their sessions in open, you know, open air cubicles, which is horrible for privacy matters. It is all bad. And it doesn't surprise me. Again, this man has zero concept of selflessness, self-service or service to the country.

You know, there's veterans that are starting to see the effects of some of these cuts, you know, where we're hearing about, you know, therapists that have to have some of their sessions in open, you know, open air cubicles, which is horrible for privacy matters. It is all bad. And it doesn't surprise me. Again, this man has zero concept of selflessness, self-service or service to the country.

And, you know, he thinks if he just acts tough, that the veterans would be happy with him in the end. And that's that's not the case. On the military side, the lack of leadership from Hegseth as well as just the fact that they're entirely eroding our world alliances and making the world more unstable is what I think also pisses off a lot of veterans.

And, you know, he thinks if he just acts tough, that the veterans would be happy with him in the end. And that's that's not the case. On the military side, the lack of leadership from Hegseth as well as just the fact that they're entirely eroding our world alliances and making the world more unstable is what I think also pisses off a lot of veterans.

And, you know, he thinks if he just acts tough, that the veterans would be happy with him in the end. And that's that's not the case. On the military side, the lack of leadership from Hegseth as well as just the fact that they're entirely eroding our world alliances and making the world more unstable is what I think also pisses off a lot of veterans.

We feel that the president's pissing away years and years of a stable relationship, stable and reliable alliance with our European partners. They're making us weaker versus China. All these things that, you know, some of these veterans and people that were military did not think would happen are now happening.

We feel that the president's pissing away years and years of a stable relationship, stable and reliable alliance with our European partners. They're making us weaker versus China. All these things that, you know, some of these veterans and people that were military did not think would happen are now happening.

We feel that the president's pissing away years and years of a stable relationship, stable and reliable alliance with our European partners. They're making us weaker versus China. All these things that, you know, some of these veterans and people that were military did not think would happen are now happening.

In addition to just, you know, again, the hypocrisy of something like Hexeth talking about, you know, the security, operational security that, you know, we need and then engaging in such really, really risky information sharing that would have gotten me thrown in jail when I was in the Marines.

In addition to just, you know, again, the hypocrisy of something like Hexeth talking about, you know, the security, operational security that, you know, we need and then engaging in such really, really risky information sharing that would have gotten me thrown in jail when I was in the Marines.

In addition to just, you know, again, the hypocrisy of something like Hexeth talking about, you know, the security, operational security that, you know, we need and then engaging in such really, really risky information sharing that would have gotten me thrown in jail when I was in the Marines.

Well, we're going there because we got invited to go and we've gotten invites to a lot of places to speak about Medicaid and Democrats. And this is something that I've done before being a senator traveling the country. You know, even in Arizona, this last couple of months, I've been traveling to red parts of Arizona to talk about

Well, we're going there because we got invited to go and we've gotten invites to a lot of places to speak about Medicaid and Democrats. And this is something that I've done before being a senator traveling the country. You know, even in Arizona, this last couple of months, I've been traveling to red parts of Arizona to talk about

Well, we're going there because we got invited to go and we've gotten invites to a lot of places to speak about Medicaid and Democrats. And this is something that I've done before being a senator traveling the country. You know, even in Arizona, this last couple of months, I've been traveling to red parts of Arizona to talk about