The Department of Veterans Affairs has been the “unfortunate whipping post” for members of Congress, unions, the media, and more; but when real change comes, the critics are “going to scream a little bit,” VA Secretary Doug Collins told Newsmax Saturday while responding to criticism about the agency under President Donald Trump. 

“I just have this sort of maybe simple mindset that, you know, if you’re actually spending billions of dollars and employing hundreds of thousands of people and your goal is to service veterans in their healthcare and their benefits, then maybe that should be the goal,” Collins said on Newsmax’s “America Right Now.”

He acknowledged that his philosophy “may sound strange in Washington, D.C.,” and around the country, but the VA must help the nation’s veterans, and that means change. 

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