BAINBRIDGE – Congressman Anthony Brindisi, joined by area veterans, announced he secured key language in a government funding bill to protect the Bainbridge Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Clinic from closure.

Brindisi inserted a provision requiring the VA to conduct a market area assessment before taking action on Bainbridge.

“The Washington bureaucracy doesn’t understand what it means to live in rural parts of our country,” Brindisi said. “The VA has an obligation to serve our veterans, regardless of how rural their community is. To be clear: the Bainbridge clinic will remain open for now, but a more permanent solution is needed. I will use my seat on the House Committee on veterans’ affairs to fight for our rural veterans and keep this clinic open.”