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On the recordMarch 2, 2015
the chairman of this committee, Senator McCain, and I have successfully worked for the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act (SAV), the suicide prevention bill, for our veterans which is promising as a first step, just a down payment toward ending the scourge of 22 veterans every day committing suicide.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing efforts to prevent veteran suicides through legislation.

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