Mike Michaud: “There is no excuse for VA management in this regard and there is no need to blame a GS5 position.”

So we have a situation in our country where 22 veterans commit suicide everyday.

If you look at the chart comparing women veterans to female non-veterans, you can see in that chart that actually the female veterans' number is lower than the female non-veterans.

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

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.