Mike Coffman: “I don't understand how the VA is ever going to reform itself when they never acknowledge that they have problems.”

This administration, the Trump administration, promised to clean up the culture of bureaucratic incompetence inside the VA. And based on this testimony today and other hearings we've had, I don't think they've made a lick of difference.

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.

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.