this has contributed to the fact that there are over a dozen medical senters with house keeping vick ancies. i have seen firsthand the problems caused by vacancies in house keeping staff. at the university medical center near my district, i see how that directly impacts care for veterans. i also find it hard to believe that there are large numbers of house keeping aides whose performance is so poor that it cannot ab dressed. if that is true to the case then it stands to reason that there are also management issues behind their poor performance. but of those 1,096 removals, only 15 were supervisors. which is less than 1.4%. firing and -- firing rank and file employees does nothing to resolve persistent management issues. it just leads to worse care from unnecessary vacancies. this type of implementation is not the intent of the accountability act. i hope everyone can agree that it's not possible to fire your way to excellence. in fact, this was a view that was shared by the commission on care's findings which also found that the va's human resources management was understaffed and underresou