Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins has announced that he had cut a whopping $2 billion in wasteful consulting contracts that will be “put back into healthcare, benefits, and making sure we’re doing what the VA is supposed to do.”
Collis, a former Georgia congressman who was confirmed as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in early February, published a video on social media on February 25 explaining the cuts.
“This is why we’re talking about efficiency and getting the job done for veterans here at the VA… we’re just [at] the first step of almost $2 billion — that’s billion, with a ‘B’ — that we found in contracts that we’re cutting,” he revealed.
“Those are things that we’re saving now that we can put back into healthcare, benefits, making sure we’re doing what the VA is supposed to, and that is health and veterans’ benefits!” Collins added.
Collins revealed that millions of taxpayer dollars were going toward frivolous expenses that helped VA employees avoid doing their job, such as paying consultants to create PowerPoint presentations or take notes in a meeting — things that VA employees could easily be doing as part of their regular duties.
“Folks, if you don’t know how to run PowerPoint slides, learn, it’s a tutorial on your computer! Go learn for free, it’s okay! Take your own notes — wow, I’ll send you one of my pencils if you need one,” he said.
Collins went on to highlight even more wasteful spending, pointing out in a frustrated tone that millions of taxpayer dollars were spent on “coaching and training.”
“If your supervisor can’t coach you and train you in their job, then I tell you what — let me know, and I’ll come help you. We’ll be ready to go,” he said.
“This last one kills me,” Collins added, reading a list off of a paper. “Millions of dollars for executive support…. You know, I love you and I support you, but we can figure out how to do things on our own. We don’t need outside people coming in to help us with executive support.”
Collins concluded by vowing that more contract cancelations were imminent.
“Don’t feed the line of what DC’s wanting to sell you. We are putting money back to veterans’ health, back to veterans’ benefits. And don’t let nameless sources — even senators and House members — who want to scare you, and media who want to perpetuate the line… We’re taking care of veterans. I promised you that from day one,” he concluded.
We found nearly $2 billion in @DeptVetAffairs contracts that we’ll be canceling so we can redirect the funds back to Veterans health care and benefits.
No more paying consultants to do things like make Power Point slides and write meeting minutes! pic.twitter.com/z1gv3PKhfA— VA Secretary Doug Collins (@SecVetAffairs) February 25, 2025
This news comes after Collins shockingly revealed in early February that the Biden-Harris administration was wasting “manpower” allocated to the Department of Veterans Affairs on helping illegal aliens obtain healthcare. This was money that could have — and should have — been used to help struggling veterans.
"Did the V-A, under the previous administration, move resources away from veteran care, into benefits for illegals?" @WilkowMajority asks V-A Secretary @RepDougCollins pic.twitter.com/suYEOu1MOP
— SiriusXM Patriot (@SiriusXMPatriot) February 19, 2025
