David Schweikert: “I thank Mr. Hill for yielding. And to the gentlewoman from Arizona, I thank her for doing this every year. This is one…”

“I thank Mr. Hill for yielding. And to the gentlewoman from Arizona, I thank her for doing this every year. This is one of those moments where you are walking toward the microphone because we just got out of votes in Ways and Means, and you are sort of discussing in your head whether you ultimately tell the personal story. I have two I want to share. My reason for doing this is, if someone is watching, we have someone in our life, and you are having self-destructive thoughts, please, please reach out, get the help, and understand the devastation that happens and the pain that happens when someone takes their life. My two stories. When I very first got elected in the Phoenix- Scottsdale area, one of the very first constituent meetings I had was with a mom. Her son had been part of the Phoenix VA. She always felt that the prescriptions he was given put him into an emotional spiral. They kept trying to get him mental health services. They felt all that he was receiving was more prescriptions and a future date for mental health services. And he took his life. That mother, the pain, the tears, the crushing blow, what the loss of her son's life meant to that family. I believe now, a few years later, the Phoenix VA is better. They have learned a lot, they understand how to be almost a quick reaction force in helping an individual. But we need to make sure these things never happen again. Now for the personal one that I have never told in public.…”