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This week, Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), Subcommittee on Health Chairman Brad Wenstrup, M.D. (R-Ohio) and Rep. Jenniffer González Colón (R-Puerto Rico) conducted an oversight visit at several clinics in the VA Caribbean Healthcare System, participated in a roundtable discussion with representatives from Veterans Service Organizations and held an oversight hearing on maximizing resources for the VA health care system in Puerto Rico.

Below are photos from their visit. Click here for high resolution versions of these photos.

Chairman Roe, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Wenstrup and Rep. González Colón listen to VA officials at their tour of the Arecibo Community-Based Outpatient Clinic.

Chairman Roe, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Wenstrup and Rep. González Colón speak with a veteran in the Community Living Center at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System.

Chairman Roe, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Wenstrup and Rep. González Colón tour the Arecibo Community-Based Outpatient Clinic to learn more about ensuring access to VA care in times of disaster.

Rep. González Colón speaks with veterans during their tour of the Community Living Center at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System.

Chairman Roe, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Wenstrup and Rep. González Colón speak with representatives from Veterans Service Organizations at a roundtable discussion.

Chairman Roe, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Wenstrup and Rep. González Colón with Blinded Veterans Association veterans and members of the 65th Infantry Division, the "Borinqueneers," before the hearing on VA health care in Puerto Rico.

Rep. González Colón speaks at the Subcommittee on Health’s hearing on VA health care in Puerto Rico.

Witnesses from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as the Puerto Rico State Director of Veterans Affairs and the Puerto Rico Secretary of Health, testify at the Subcommittee on Health’s oversight hearing.