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South Coast Congresswoman Proposes Package Of Bills To Improve Veterans Health Care

A Ventura County congresswoman has introduced a new package of proposed veterans' healthcare improvements. 

Democratic Congresswoman Julia Brownley of Westlake Village is calling for an expansion of limited dental care for veterans. 

It wants the government to improve its monitoring of the VA, to insure it is doing a good job of managing programs.

And, Brownley is calling for every VA medical facility to have a minority veteran coordinator to insure historically underserved veterans have access to the help they need.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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