Mike Coffman: “I believe it is absolutely critical that the VA adopt policies to meet the needs of our Nation's growing number of women…”

I think the notion that we're still at the point where neither DoD or VA has taken the lead--and I think that one of them has to have ownership for it.

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.

He has been terrific. He certainly has a passion for the people in El Paso and the people he represents.

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