Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins announced Tuesday that his department saved nearly $2 billion by ending contracts he deemed no longer necessary.

The announcement came as roughly 1,000 employees were laid off from the Department of Veterans Affairs. According to the Office of the Inspector General, almost 3,000 shortages were already occurring across the department last year.

Collins explained that these contracts included training, executive support, Microsoft PowerPoint tutorials, and meeting minutes. In a video posted to X, Collins mocked the now-defunct contracts.

“Folks, if you don’t know how to run PowerPoint slides, learn. It’s a tutorial on your computer. Go learn for free it’s okay,” Collins said. “Take your own notes. Wow. I’ll send you one of my pencils if you need one.”

Collins suggested that more contracts would be put on the cutting room floor to save the department even more. As of Tuesday afternoon, his video had been viewed over 2.1 million times on X with over 17,000 likes.

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“We are putting money back to veterans’ health, back to veteran’s benefits, and don’t let nameless sources — even Senators and House members who want to scare you and the media who wants to perpetuate the line — we’re taking care of veterans,” Collins said. “I promised you that from day one.”

In the first month of its creation, DOGE identified government contracts, leases, and grants deemed wasteful spending and cut them, sparking legal battles. According to the department, this has already saved $55 billion. President Donald Trump claimed to have found “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud” last week.