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The $5 million for commission operations would be shifted to homeless veterans support programs instead.
The 60-year-old had received treatment for a heart ailment just a few months earlier at the Florida VA hospital.
The Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act would create a path for departing military health care workers to be employed in VA hosptials.
Department leaders are expected to announce the names of the new Asset and Infrastructure Review commissioners later this month.
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