Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm glad to join my colleague Brian Schatz in supporting the two nominees from Hawaii.

I think diversity in its broadest sense is very important.

I urge their swift consideration and confirmation.

It is necessary to have attorneys represent these individuals in order to hold the Government to that high burden of proof.

The Sixth Amendment requires that there is a right to counsel.

I think diversity is important, both personal and professional diversity on the bench, because a diverse bench represents the community that it serves.

I do have a question about some of the categories or the--some specific populations that have a higher incidence of suicides.

I think that is what should concern us because as more and more women enter the service, their suicide numbers, sadly, are going up.

Thank you for telling us that opioid overdoses are not counted as suicides, because I think that it would be enlightening.

I would suggest to you that you include sexual military trauma in this list that you have.

So would you say that that is a significant number of opioid overdoses that involve veterans?