I would like to thank my co-chair of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, the gentleman from Virginia, and congratulate the Republican team for a strong showing this year. You certainly raised the bar for next year. This event highlights…

I join my colleagues, national security experts, military leaders, and America's energy producers, and rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The Department of Defense's use of alternative energy as accelerated in recent years and…

It is obvious you have elevated this to the highest level.

Having the negative messages out there that it is an epidemic, that there is 22 dying a day is increasing hopelessness in our veteran population.

I really want to commend a candidate... this is in yesterday's Politico, 'One Candidate's Risky Bet Talking About his PTSD,' he is running in Delaware and he is a veteran.

I think the hiring process at the VA is ridiculously long and should be shortened for not just mental health, but other providers of health care.

Thank you on the Clay Hunt bill is near and dear to many in this room.

I think you do have the largest comprehensive mental health program in the United States and it is not perfect, but it is certainly better than it was seven years ago.

We know the private sector can't fix it alone. And certainly the veteran and the families can't fix it alone.

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As a community, as a nation, and as members of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, we need to fully understand the occurrence of clustering in units and work to prevent these deaths.

you can't group us all into one big group, you have got to look at different cohorts.