On the recordJune 4, 2024
Madam Chair, when I think about my home State of Tennessee, and particularly Maury County, where I reside, we have Maury Regional Hospital, which is a community-owned nonprofit hospital. The VA is over an hour away if veterans live where I live. If they live further south, then the VA would be 1\1/2\ hours to 2 hours away. You have a locally owned, community-owned hospital that is a nonprofit that could provide these same services for our veterans, in our community, at their homes, where they are not having to travel 1 hour or 1\1/2\ hours to get services. This isn't about privatization. This is about prioritizing our veterans as they seek medical care for the service that they gave to their country. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
