Warner Attends Chesapeake Veterans Affairs Facility Ribbon Cutting, Reaffirms Support for Veterans’ Access to High-Quality Health Care

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) attended the ribbon cutting for the new Western Branch outpatient clinic in Chesapeake, a state-of-the-art Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). The facility spans 27,000 square feet and will have a drive-through pharmacy, primary care, mental health care, and radiology. The clinic will serve more than 10,000 veterans who reside in South Hampton Roads. HIGH-QUALITY PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE “It is my pleasure to be here on a really important day for Hampton Roads veterans. Improving access to care for our veterans must always be a priority, and this brand new, state-of-the-art facility will be a key part of that equation for thousands of veterans in the region,” said Sen. Warner . “Veterans and their families have more than earned access to quality, reliable, and timely health care through years of service and sacrifice, but they have faced unnecessary hurdles to getting that care. I deeply appreciate the men and women who have signed up to work at this facility, and their colleagues nationwide who have devoted their careers to this medical and public service. I will continue fighting to improve access to quality care for our veterans.” Western Branch CBOC is strategically located in South Hampton Roads to enhance access for veterans who must use either a bridge or tunnel to seek care at Hampton VAHCS, reducing travel times for many. Sen. Warner has long fought to expand health care access and benefits for Virginia’s nearly 700,000 veterans. Earlier this year, Sen. Warner pressed the administration to significantly boost funding for VA facilities, warning that years of underinvestment will increasingly leave Virginia veterans without the care access they’ve earned. Sen. Warner has specifically focused on the need to modernize and streamline how the VA delivers medical facilities and infrastructure , reduce the disability claim backlog at the VA, ensure the VA is appropriately staffed to improve access to care and benefits, improve women veterans’ access to health care, and he has pushed Congress to approve major VA facilities across the Commonwealth. ### * High-quality photographs of Sen. Mark R. Warner are available for download here * Photos may be used online and in print, and can be attributed to ‘The Office of Sen. Mark R. Warner