Beto O'Rourke

I like the idea that you would limit the medical information specific to the claim that you're filing.

One of the safest cities around

I want to follow up on the spirit of the hearing, as you stated, to find the facts and make sure that we understand the situation.

The 5-mile buffer will stop nothing

It is safe, I think relative to other parts of the border.

I couldn't agree more with you.

I would also like to welcome Sheriff Garrison.

I am a big supporter of this designation. I think it is great for the area, great for the country, and is not a danger to the homeland.

I want to thank Dr. McCarthy. She mentioned the mobile vet center and other resources that are being directed to El Paso.

I hope will force us and the administration and this country to treat this issue with the respect that it deserves.

I have got to connect the lack of access, the delay in care, which turns into denial of care into Nick D'Amico's death.

I love the idea that we think about the VA restricting its responsibilities to becoming a center of excellence for war related injuries.

I hope that Organ Mountain doesn't follow the Organ Pipe National Monument example.

If it works in El Paso, let's make it work other places.

But I really don't see the problem here.

We are projecting fears based on things that might have happened in your district, Mr. Barber, that we might be afraid of from a distance.

Unless we change the culture at VA, this is going to be a temporary fix that will not last.

There are no consequences for veterans dying.

If you had known that the average wait time was 71 days... what would you have done differently?

The discrepancies between what we are hearing from people like Mr. D'Amico and the VA were so great.

This idea of an interdisciplinary approach to taking care of veterans when they return, I would like to know more about that.

We must be better than that as a committee, as a Congress, and as a Nation.

Mr. Secretary, I want to thank you for your testimony so far today.

The Honorable Beto O'Rourke, a Representative in Congress From the State of Texas:

Trust breaks down when problems fall apart and problems fall apart a lot of the time because we didn't get the requirements clear upfront.