Colin Allred: “I don't want it to also take away from our initial mission at the VHA, providing and improving the care we are providing…”

I think he would say to us: We are better than this. And I think he would say: If you do this, then we have to mobilize in a way we’ve never seen before.

I think are contributing to some of the violations of civil rights around us every day.

But I'm nowhere near done serving my community and our state. Today, I'm announcing my campaign for Congress to represent the newly drawn Congressional District 33.

And I have to say to them, you're absolutely right about that, too. We need to be better.