Robert A. McDonald: “The impact of these cuts to veterans' care and benefits is unacceptable to me, and I know it is unacceptable to members…”

we shouldn't punish veterans or servicemembers by having boundaries between organizations that get in the way of their care.

Thank you, Chairman Miller. I look forward to working with you and the rest of the committee to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the kind of care that our veterans deserve.

That mission is to fulfill President Lincoln's promise 'to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.'

We certainly agree on how wrong it would be to privatize VA health care.