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Care anywhere on earth. since taking office, and working alongside of the va. complicated subject. so many different things. they helped us so much. because we put in legislation. i said, let's make sure it's legislation that's good and that works. not legislation that's obsolete before we even get it. we're going to fight like hell to get everybody to approve it. and we've enacted some of the largest va reforms in the history of the va. probably the largest. last year i signed into law the landmark va -- >> good afternoon from washington, d.c. i am kacie hunt in for craig

>> 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...

When? think about it. we are building it so big, so powerful. hopefully we will never have to use it. as the golfers can tell you, the stronger we get, the less likely it is that we will have to use it, but we will be at a point the likes of which we've never been as a power and again, hopefully never having to use that incredible equipment that is built right here, best in the world, in the usa. [applause] we also gave our great warriors their largest pay raise in eight years, so they got a pay raise and it was about time. they've been waiting for a long time. [applause] and i'm proud that un...

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 ...