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Sector. greg, vets should have a portable voucher that can be used at any hospital. some vets do. and joe says close it. make v.a. vets cat or gocally eligible for medicaid until the v.a. is fixed. you have to see the kids when they first came in, it was gratifying to hear them. >> this is not your usual balloon party. jeremy telford built the largest balloon sculpture ever made by an individual measuring 65 feet by 32 feet. it took him days to make the massive dog which is a collection of nearly 8,900 balloons. have you ever tried to make one of those? i mean, making one is like -- like you...

Give the secretary not just the ability to fire the top executives within the v.a. but any person in the v.a. that can't or won't do their job. accountability is the most important thing to change the culture at the v.a. unfortunately, the secretary and those at the v.a. have done very little to change that culture. he'll say he fired 1400 individuals since he became secretary. 1,000 of those were on probationary status. we're talking about people that have been with the agency for 10 and 15 years that are so ingrained in the culture that they know that they can't be held accountable, and i th...

One. but based on you talk about the employees, you talk about the bureaucracy, is it realistic to say that any one person could come in and change this overnight? >> i've said it from the very beginning, this did not happen overnight, it's happened over decades, it's going to take a long time to fix. but, we need to have a partner at the v.a. that's willing to work with the congress not push against us in trying to resolve the problems that exist there. and again, don't protect the bad bureaucrat serve the veteran. that's what they're there for. >> chairman miller we ish you and your colleagu...

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One. conor powell live in the middle east. appreciate it. more trouble for the department of veterans affairs. the embattled agency says it may have to close some hospitals if a $2.5 billion budget gap isn't met. florida congressman jeff miller is the chairman of the house veterans affairs committee. he says he's shocked at the enormity of the v.a.'s issues joins us live. chairman thank you for your time today. >> thank you. good to be with us. >> basically what we're hearing from the v.a. is they're going to have to close hospitals and taper back service unless congress comes up with anothe...