Mike Coffman: “So it was preventable. Dr. Stout?”

You will never change the culture of bureaucratic incompetence in the VA unless you are willing to look through those 400 positions.

It’s in our interest to protect the public health of our community to be able to merely make a statement that requests or demands that (The GEO Group) comply on behalf of our residents.

The fact is, GEO is not cooperative, and so we have an incident here. There could be other incidents down the road.

It has been an honor these first 2 years to represent the veterans--all the veterans in the district.