Mark Begich: “Do you have a list of protocols that you utilize to determine, kind of, the prioritization of how you do assessments?”

I want to make sure my colleagues hear exactly what you are saying, so a couple years from now, we do not hear complaints that, geez, why did you not do it?

We have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us.

How we approach this mental health system for the VA cannot be in isolation of the mental health system of this country.

It has been an honor to be here.