Mariannette Miller-Meeks actually said...

One of the first things that I did as a new Member of Congress when I was elected in 2020, in 2021, was to work in a bipartisan fashion to pass a bill because a service member from 60 miles away went to the VA in Iowa City for mental healthcare, was denied care, and 5 hours later committed suicide.

06/20/2023

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