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>> the senate has failed to act on these nominations, which is unfair to the nominees and very unfair to our country. now is the time for a bipartisan action. believe it or not, we have already proven that that's possible. in the last congress, both parties came together to pass unprecedented legislation to confront the opioid crisis, a sweeping new farm bill, historic va reforms, and after four decades of rejection, we passed va accountability so that we can finally terminate those who mistreat our wonderful veterans. [ applause ]

See similarities. they're both populous in their own way, a subgroup of americans that believe in everything they say and do because of the way they conduct business and the way they stay true to their word when it comes to policy decisions and things like that. it's going to be interesting to see and my opinion that president trump is going to have to earn this approval rating back with james mattis gone from the pet gone. pentagon. president trump has gone a long way with va accountability and veterans choice. but those two things sound better than they are effective. i know president trump ...

To be anything he was doing. we saw several tweets. vice president mike pence, he wrote an oped published on fox news in which he declared veterans have no better friend than president trump. our actions aring having a real impact. va accountability is up and unemployment among veterans has reached its lowest in decades. the veteran's choice for health care -- i mean i expect the administration will agree with rebecca saying the visits are not overly important. and say to that what? >> look, the congress has worked with the administration in making some improvements in veteran's health care, h...

It will be a lot less expensive, and it has turned out to be something that the veteran's. they love it. and it has passed. it's past. they've been trying to get it passed for 38 years. the other one is 45 and that's va accountability. if somebody treated our veterans badly, if they stole, -- you know this, if they were sadistic, if they were really bad to our vets, really, really bad, we couldn't do anything about it, they could steal, they could rob, they could be abusive, you couldn't say you are fired, now you can say you're fired. [cheers and applause] made a big difference. that was anot...

>> a raise. >> [cheers and applause]. >> for the veterans we passed the largest va reforms in half a century. a landmark va accountability law. you know what that is. you could not fire anybody that worked in the va. they were sadidistic and lazy and lots of different things unemployment could not fire anybody. the accountability, you could forget. it we passed a bill they tried to pass for 40 years. it's called va accountability. you bring the person into the office and you say, jim, i am sorry to tell you, you are fired. get out of here, move! >> [cheers and applause]. >> even more important...