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Former Representative of Georgia. Doug Collins (R) He will direct the Department of Veterans Affairs after the Senate on Tuesday voted easily to confirm it as secretary.
The chamber voted 77-23, with about half of the Democrats of the Senate who joined the 53 Republicans in voting for Collins.
Vote concludes toRelatively painless confirmationProcess for Collins, who had an unquestionable audience in front of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee last month.
Among the main concerns of Democratic legislators was the potential that Collins nullified a Biden rule of administration that allowed it to provide abortions to veterans for pregnancy derived from rape or incest, or when the life of a woman Pregnant is at risk, even in risk, even in the risk of states where it has been largely banned.
Collins, a Marina veteran, chaplain of the Air Force Reserve and Old Shepherd, during the Confirmation Hearing He did not pledge to maintain the rule of two years after being questioned by several senators.
Collins will now supervise one of the largest agencies in the federal government, with more than 400,000 employees. But it comes to the Va at a time of disorders under the new Trump administration.
President Trump last month fired 17 Inspectors General, including the highest watchman of the VA, causing fears due to lack of accountability to the massive government agency, responsible for taking care of millions of former members of the service.
The chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), during the Collins candidacy, had considered the office of the Inspector General of the Va was vital for operations. of the agency.
“We work closely with Inspector General A VA,” Moran said. “I find it valuable for both me and this committee, and it should be valuable for the Department of Veterans Affairs.”
VA officials also announced that the department had placed 60 administrative permission employees. Employees’ roles focused on diversity, capital work and inclusion (Dei), and the movement follows an executive order signed by Trump to ban all Federal Dei programs.
The Va has already been struggling to expand its health care system, and the former members of the service are facing important costs and long waiting times to take care. Collins pledged to address these problems if confirmed.
