Pat Ryan: “When coverage disappears, people put off care, skip medications, and end up in the emergency room.”

Hollowing out the most battle-tested and most lethal, proven leaders in a time of war means troops are less safe and we’re less likely to win.

It’s cruel, un-American, and the exact opposite of everything our community stands for.

We’re doing generational damage to the sense that the military is an apolitical trusted organization that swears an oath to the Constitution, not to a president.

I made it clear when I spoke to Secretary Duffy that this project is essential, and that our neighbors would rally with everything we have to save it.