VVA Government Affairs

Business, Jobs, And Education

BY RIC DAVIDGE, CHAIR, WITH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS STAFF

The VA's Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) was created to help veterans and service-disabled veteran small-business owners. Less than three years ago CVE was known as a place where veterans' advocates helped veterans get their businesses off the ground and become competitive. Now it has become the enemy of veteran-owned businesses.

Now CVE is called the Center for Verification & Evaluation. It is infamous for accusing legitimate veteran businesses of fraud and wrecking their businesses through bureaucratic bungling and insensitivity. CVE has ruined legitimate and successful service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, costing business owners their livelihood and the veterans who worked in those businesses their jobs.

This is not good government. It's in contravention of both law and common sense, and it does not even save money. Congress and the White House need to step in and stop the destruction of small businesses and veterans' livelihoods.

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