I think it is a brilliant program that helps get the National Guard members who need help in before their life spirals out of control and th...
Do you think there are negative impacts that could happen on the VA with contracting services to hospitals?
I believe there is a greater opportunity for the VA to collaborate and support primary care settings in local communities.
I would urge this Committee and the VA to support the development of these diversionary courts for veterans, and especially combat veterans.
should we need to rely on a U.S. Senator's intervention to get a combat veteran into a critical VA treatment program that might save his lif...
We can't afford to wait for symptoms of the illness to become so overwhelming that servicemembers either reach out for help or have their li...
There will be an increase in the veterans' budget that will be proposed by the President.
I must say that with the little detail we do have, it is positive.
We are looking at about 15 percent, but it is a step in the direction of the needed resources.
I cannot thank him enough for that.
Early treatment is more effective from both a medical and cost standpoint.
This veteran's plight highlights the fact that our failure to treat a veteran's mental illness at a preliminary stage will eventually lead t...
We need to ensure that the VA has access to, or can arrange, geographically-dispersed crisis beds to ensure that no veteran must be made to ...
Senator Tester is an incredible ally in the fight to secure adequate treatment for veterans with mental illness.
we need to ensure that the VA has access to, or can arrange, geographically dispersed crisis beds to ensure that no veteran must be made to ...
I strongly support comprehensive credit card reform, including S. 414 introduced by Chairman Dodd.
Where there are challenges, there is opportunity.
It is not fair, it is not right, and it is not the way the program should work.