Mike Coffman: “I think that, in looking at a post-ISIS Iraq, that there needs to be some kind of political accommodation for the…”

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.

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.

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.