Ann Kirkpatrick: “I support this amendment. It is my job as ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Oversight and Investigations…”

“I support this amendment. It is my job as ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to ensure that we get to the bottom of the allegations that patients died at the Phoenix VA due to delayed care. I want to ensure that the inspector general has the resources it needs to conduct a swift and thorough investigation of the Phoenix VA and at other facilities where treatment delays are reported. We need to ensure there is accountability and that veterans will never again wait for the care they deserve. Delayed care is denied care, and veterans should never have to fight to receive care when they have already served and sacrificed for our country. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.”