A resolution condemning the mass terminations of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs carried out with no justification or analysis of the impact on veterans and their families.

This is a Senate resolution (S. Res. 105) introduced in March 2025 that condemns the mass terminations of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees carried out without justification or an analysis of how such cuts would affect veterans and their families. The resolution notes the VA termination events (1,000 employees on Feb. 13 and 1,400 more on Feb. 24, 2025) and asserts that detailed information about the impact on veterans, essential services, the involvement of non-VA personnel in decisionmaking, and the costs of hiring/replacing workloads has not been made available. It characterizes the terminations as damaging veterans’ economic security, morale, trust in VA, and the department’s ability to recruit and retain staff. The bill states, as a non-binding sense of the Senate, that the terminations should be condemned and that all affected employees should be reinstated. The resolution is sponsored by a broad group of senators and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. It is a non-binding expression of congressional sentiment and does not itself authorize or require policy changes, but it advocates reinstatement of affected workers and urges accountability and transparency from the VA.