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For the veterans, we passed the largest va reforms in half a century. a landmark va accountability law. i you know what that is? you couldn't fire anybody that worked in the va. there sadistic in some cases, they were lazy. they were at this, there were lots of different things, you could never fire anybody because they accountability, you could forget it. so we passed a bill that they have been trying to pass for almost 40 years. it's called, va accountability. now you bring the person into the office and you say, jim, i'm sorry to tell you, you are fired. get out of here.ff [cheers and appla...

We gave them a raise. for the veterans, we passed the largest va reforms in half a century. a landmark va accountability law. you know what that is? you couldn't fire anybody that worked in the va. they were sadistic in some cases, they were lazy. they accountability, you could forget it. so we passed a bill that they have been trying to pass for almost 40 years. it's called, va accountability. now you bring the person into the office and you say, jim, i'm sorry to tell you, you are fired. get out of here. [cheers and applause] even more important, and i didn't think i would be saying this so ...

Other topics including how he feels about the va and problems he has had in the past and needed to make changes. some of his reasoning coming out in campaign style. here's what the president said. >> va accountability. when somebody does a bad job in the veteran's administration they couldn't do anything about it, they were protected, you could do anything. they had satists that treated our vets horribly. we made changes because we want them taken care of and have choice so they could run to a private doctor. >> and of course david shulkin was a hold over from the obama years came in after a l...

and i want to thank chairman bill rowe, all republican majorities really sent me legislation that has been incredible, really incredible. we have va accountability come out we've been trying to get this for 30 30 years, accountability, it sounds easy, but va accountability and we got it passed. that means that people who are very bad, they are bad in many ways, you couldn't fire people from the va. now you look at them, they do a bad job, they do something wrong, they hurt our veterans, we look at them, and we say jim, you are fired, get the hill out of here. [cheers and applause] i made a ...

Even higher than the state of arizona. insurance companies are fleeing and it's gone. so we're going to -- i really believe that the republicans and maybe we'll get a couple of senators that think they're going to lose their race on the democratic side. maybe. but we'll get it fixed. one vote, speak to your senator, please. speak to your senator. we're reforming the va to insure our veterans have the health care they so richly deserve, including choice. in other words, if you have to wait for seven days and not feeling well, you go see a doctor and we pay for your doctor, isn't that good? and ...