WASHINGTON, June 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) tonight introduced legislation to improve veterans’ access to health care and address serious problems facing the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Other original cosponsors were Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. 

To read the bill, click here.

To read a section-by-section summary, click here.