Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, Dr. Roe is right, November 15 is fast approaching here where it is the opening of deer season in Michigan, so we anxiously await that. Madam Speaker, S. 785, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Improvement Act of 2019, will save veterans' lives, and I rise in unequivocal support of this legislation. The flame of my passion to end veteran suicide was lit long before I was elected to Congress, starting with Vietnam to the global war on terror. I would like to just take one extra opportunity to, again, welcome home my fellow veterans from Vietnam. You served your country in tough times, and we owe you that again and again for waiting so long to thank you. Because of that, in June 2019, I proudly introduced the Improve Well- Being for Veterans Act, which proposed a grant program that would allow the VA to support the nationwide network of community organizations already providing lifesaving services to local veterans and their families. And it would be effective in reaching the 60-plus percent of veterans who die by suicide but are not within the VA system of care. The goal was to try something different when the status quo was not working. That was the driver here among all of us who chose to cosponsor the Improve Act. Within a 6-month period we gained over 250 bipartisan cosponsors, gained VSO support, and welcomed VA Secretary Wilkie to testify before our committee. Now, the best possible version of this legislation lies at the heart of S.…”