Norman D. Dicks: “If you cut and slash and burn all of these programs that are job creators, it is going to raise the deficit.”

I move to strike the last word to engage in a colloquy with Chairman Young. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5 minutes.

I can assure the gentleman from New Jersey that the committee intends to fund those programs that most effectively minimize suicides. And I'd point out that in most of these situations, this money is going to be competitively awarded. But…

I look forward to working with the gentleman on this issue, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I rise to seek the chairman's support in addressing an issue of which he is deeply and painfully aware: the rapidly increasing numbers of cases of amputations, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury suffered by our…