the latest data available suggests 20 veterans a day take their own life, and we all agree that even one is too many.

Is the veteran receiving--is it your experience that when you talk to those individuals, that they have received the appropriate care they need during the timeframe from which they made the call on the hotline to the time that you actually…

We're honored to have you with us, and we look forward to having a dialogue.

Awareness is one thing, but this is a call to action.

In Kansas, we have 105 counties, all of them are covered by a community mental health center.

There are many veterans and many veteran family members and friends who don't know what services are available.

The latest data suggests that 20 veterans a day take their own lives, and there is no one who would disagree that that number should be zero.

it appears to me that there are significant impediments and not much results in the hiring of these professionals.

I think that's a good point. There are certain things that the VA has through history and volume, experience, and the collection of professionals that don't exist in many other places.

My final and usual question in a hearing like this is, is there anybody on the panel who feels like they have not had the opportunity to say what they want to say?

I've been working to get other professionals included within the VA system.

Do we have a separate path that the Department of Veterans Affairs believes this is the care and treatment that should be provided?

I hope that his plan starts with a veteran-centered approach to provide outreach at every possible opportunity.

The suicide prevention team is there in that moment of acute crisis.

So any of the veterans who use the call center would not end up receiving any attention by you.

I believe there is value in the ATEAM in Kansas.

I thank Congresswoman Jenkins and our entire Kansas delegation, and thank you to all the Members for serving. I also want to thank my wife, Susan Estes, who is up in the gallery tonight. My mother, Lou Estes, is also up there, my son…

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