"if this has been going on for some time, it's not brand new, it's pervasive, but not being fixed apparently."
"it is quite pervasive."
"An action plan does not necessarily create results."
"How pervasive, do you have a sense of how pervasive that is?"
"We're talking suicide, you see what I'm saying?"
"Well, the Vet Centers are obviously a place, that's where you can go and if there's a gap between the veteran and the services and their families and the mental health and the readjustment, and you na..."
"I was pleased to see the VA recently announced that it'll award another $50 million to community organizations to help prevent veteran suicide."
"People have to show courage. If you're afraid, you got to read the bill. I mean, don't be ignorant. Read the bill."
"That gives us the ability to give not just money but oversight as to how these programs are being conducted."
"Congress has put significant funding toward this. We gave the Department of Health and Human Services $1 billion to study long COVID."
"I am a doctor. You are going to see my questions kind of reflect the technical aspect of this."