Kathleen Rice: “Community-based outpatient clinics near the Denver VA have some of the worst wait times in the entire country.”

I have heard from Jewish and interfaith organizations that the present funding levels are clearly insufficient to meet the current needs.

We all agree that we have to put more money into this program across the board.

This tragedy hit home for one of our former colleagues, former Congressman Rick Nolan, who lost his daughter Katherine to lung cancer even though she did not smoke.

Whether due to poor State, local, and Federal coordination, understaffing, or even a lack of political will, the elderly and people of color do not benefit from Federal disaster relief compared to other Americans.