; Whereas employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs are dedicated public servants, one-third of whom are veterans themselves; Whereas according to a bipartisan survey by Lake Research and Chesapeake Beach Consulting 80 percent of veterans polled oppose turning health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs into a system of private sector vouchers that may not adequately cover costs; Whereas millions of dollars are being spent by organizations, which value dismantling the Department of Veterans Affairs and outsourcing veteran care over investing in the Department; and Whereas funding has increased significantly for Choice and non-VA programs that pay for the costs of providing veterans private health care at the same time that the Administration is requesting less funding for medical services at the Veterans Health Administration: Now, therefore, be it