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Discussion on uncertainty about future VA services and potential advocacy
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Council Member Robert Holden and Lamar Wheeler discuss the current state of VA services and the uncertainty surrounding their future. They also touch on potential advocacy efforts.
- Holden asks if VA workers are reporting larger caseloads due to staff cuts.
- Wheeler reports that there's significant uncertainty about how services will be applied going forward.
- He notes that he hasn't heard of anyone losing their jobs yet, but there's a general sense of uncertainty.
- This exchange highlights the lack of clear information about the future of VA services and the potential need for advocacy efforts.
Robert Holden
1:04:47
So are you hearing from the VA workers that a lot of people are being cut and I have a bigger case load.
1:04:57
I mean, that's that's obvious obvious, I I would think, if you have less employees, fewer employees, less workers, that there's gonna be longer waits on all of the above.
Lamar Wheeler
1:05:10
What I am hearing, chair, is that there's a lot of this this uncertainty about about everything.
1:05:17
Right.
1:05:18
Just uncertainty.
1:05:20
They're not saying that I haven't heard anyone lose their jobs yet, but there's a lot of uncertainty about how services will be applied going forward.