Mike Michaud: “Our responsibility is to maximize a quality of life for these veterans...”

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.

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

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

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.