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Eighteen to 22 veterans commit suicide each day. In my opinion, that is 18 to 22 brave men and women each day who our system has let down in some capacity.

We have had many discussions and debates about how to deliver the best health care services to our Nation's veterans, and how to ensure accountability within the leadership ranks of the VA.

Daniel Somers wrote that he felt his government had "abandoned" him and referenced coming home to face a "system of dehumanization, neglect, and indifference."

If we do not get results this time then shame on us.

This is how democracy can work best.

I think there is no doubt in my mind, the American public wants to get this right.

We can give lip services or we can get serious about how we are going to do it.

I am done with the talk. I am done with the pilot programs, if you will.

I would argue that fixing mental health services is among the most important area.

For once again, we are finding that our veterans deserve much better than the care that they are receiving in all of the areas that we must address.

At its heart access to care is not about numbers, it is about people.

VA owed Daniel, and Clay, and Brian so much more than that.

I do not understand, Madam Chairman, why Medicare does not say, any hospital or provider that does not publish their data by July 1, 2014, we do not pay anymore.

Medicare ought to say, if you do not have Electronic Medical Records that are interoperable by, you know, July 1, 2014, we do not pay you anymore.

The International Violence Against Women Act--IVAWA--would ensure that the U.S. will continue to take a leadership role in combatting these problems.

This is why I am proud to be one of the original sponsors of the bipartisan International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA, S. 2307).

I believe the U.S. can and should be a leader in ending one of the biggest obstacles to not only U.S. national security but also global stability, development, prosperity, and human rights for all.

PVA's members and all veterans will not stand for anything less.