WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Angus King issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) released the below statement following exclusive new reporting in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/va-veterans-affairs-job-cuts-trump/) claiming that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will be eliminating as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled healthcare positions, including some in Maine:
"After months of deflecting, dissembling, and doublespeak, there are now reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/va-veterans-affairs-job-cuts-trump/) of damaging staffing cuts at the Veterans Administration (VA) - and as many ...