Honoring and Helping North State Veterans
As the proud daughter of a Vietnam veteran who depends on the VA healthcare system, I know we have a solemn obligation to care for those who served our country. Veterans should return home to a system that honors their service.
Today, that promise is under threat. Congress and the current administration are pushing budget cuts and privatization schemes that would destabilize the VA system and leave rural veterans behind.
I will fight back against any attempt to dismantle the VA and ensure that all veterans, regardless of where they live, receive the high quality healthcare, housing support, mental health services, and career resources they’ve earned.
Honoring and Helping North State Veterans
Advocate for better onboarding and outreach, so all veterans, especially new ones, can access their full range of benefits.
Veterans make up 8% of the population in California’s First Congressional District, twice the national average. They are our neighbors, coworkers, and family members. They bring extraordinary leadership, technical skills, and life experience to our communities, but many also carry the invisible wounds of war.
Veterans face higher rates of PTSD, chronic pain, and suicide than the general population. For those living in rural areas like ours, access to care is even more difficult. The recent $16 billion budget cut proposed by the House majority would gut funding for veterans’ healthcare and benefits, including job training, homelessness prevention, and mental health resources.
At the same time, the VA is being undermined by hiring freezes, funding shortfalls, and dangerous privatization proposals. These attacks on the system are unacceptable, and I will do everything in my power to stop them.
Veterans deserve more than thanks. They deserve results from a well-funded, veteran-focused VA system that delivers care and services when and where they need it.
We must expand mental health and suicide prevention services, ensure veterans have access to timely care close to home, and invest in workforce transition programs that help veterans build meaningful post-service careers. Every veteran should be met with dignity, compassion, and a system that works for them.
As your Representative, I will:
Our veterans kept their promise to serve our country. It’s time our country kept its promise to them.
