Ann Kirkpatrick: “Improving access to health care is a continuous effort by VHA, and it is not surprising that we are here today.”

I come from a multi-generational family of ranchers in northern Arizona.

I appreciate my colleague, Mr. Crawford's, comments about how we can work to develop a better system where we don't penalize people.

Ranching is hard enough as it is, in the best of circumstances, so thank you for staying with it, and for what you do.

The role of 1890 institutions has never been more critical.