Patrick J. Kennedy: “Well, as you go, Mr. Chairman, let me point out that 72 percent of all veterans will never go to the VA in their…”

It is prejudice and discrimination to think that if a person has a mental illness, they are not capable of functioning.

the process to seek help should not be a barrier to receiving help.

I appreciate this is a bipartisan process, especially on mental health, which affects every family.

We all end up picking up the tab for not enforcing parity.