we are joined by will fisher, the government relations director and dan caldwell of concern veterans for americans. he is their executive director. -- host:

we are joined by will fisher, and dan caldwell of concerned veterans for america. he is their executive director joining us from phoenix. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having us. host: we will start with mr. caldwell. a little bit about your organization and tell viewers what the position is you take when it comes to veterans issues. guest: concerned veterans for america is a national grassroots the mission ofth advocating for policies that preserve the freedom and prosperity we thought and sacrificed for while in uniform. we are focused on reforming and andng va, limiting waste inefficiency within the department of defense and reining in our national debt which is posing a greater threat to our national security and prosperity. we have full-time staff spread across the country, educating veterans, military families and americans on public policy issues. we are headquartered out of arlington, virginia where we have our policy staff, to medication staff, and what we have been focused on over the last couple of years has been that first issue of refor

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dan caldwell is veteran and executive director for veterans for america, he joins me now.ponse to the new rules saying removing access to official time is like asking the fire debarment to operate without fire trucks or a fire hose, a result is disastrous for our veterans. response to that and tell us what the official time is. >> that is an absurd quote. j david cox is in charge of the government employees, one of the largest unions in the country. i believe about 280,000 va employees are members of the union and he is upset because now va employees, particularly those tasked with director caring for veterans can't spend the time the taxpayers paying them to work for our veterans supporting his union which by the way, a lot of political activity, mostly in support of democrats, this union spent billions, if not tens of billions in the last election helping elect politicians, primarily democrats and that is the big problem. official time is basically work hours va employees spend not just but across the whole government, on work time the taxpayers are paying them to do job

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