"I experienced what can never be duplicated in the private sector - the communal aspect of VA." — Robert Wilkie

I am opposed to the privatization of the Veterans Affairs Department and will continue to make sure the VHA is fully funded.

When our veterans walk into any VA facility, they converse with men and women who speak the unique language of military service.

While I honor the soldiers in my family, and I am a student of history, the past is the past, and I do not live in the past.

I have been privileged to work for some of the most high-powered people in town. They pay me for my opinions, and I give those to them.