Mark Takano actually said...

"Especially with specialty care, being absent even in the private sector, I mean, it is clear to me that care in the community, it does not solve the problem of access to care in these rural communitie..."

"Mental health is a major focus of our hiring efforts."

"We do have a need to increase the specialty physicians. We need to really get serious about that."

"Rural veterans and their families have long had to navigate the altogether different healthcare experience than their suburban and urban counterparts."