Mike Michaud: “I think this is before all this blew up, that we need VA management as good as most of the clinicians and workers within…”

This has strong support from key veterans groups, like the VFW and The American Legion.

And so our bill, the PAWS Act, takes these veterans, particularly the ones that have severe Post-Traumatic Stress, and authorizes a small amount of funding so that the VA can pair them with specially trained service dogs.

I greatly appreciate that we are all partners in promoting opportunities for veterans and in protecting their rights.

We see a decline in opioid use. We see a decline in suicide. And I think that is obviously good for the veteran.