Political Quotes

“The gentleman just said something that really struck with me as he reflects on people he served with who lost their lives due to PTSD. I have actually known more people in the military who have lost their lives due to PTSD than have lost their lives in combat. When we were deciding whether or not to create a program like this and we created a veterans' advisory panel to design the proposal, one of the members was someone named John Jennings. Right before we had our first meeting, John lost his battle due to PTSD, and we named it the John P. Jennings Veterans' Advisory Panel. But these stories for many post-9/11 veterans--and it was called something else in decades and generations past, it seems like each time there has been a conflict it has had a different name--so many veterans have been impacted actually losing more friends due to PTSD than in combat. My colleague from New York, Chris Jacobs, who is a cosponsor of H.R. 1476, comes from a part of the State that I actually had just visited. They have successful Dwyer models now in his region, too. Veterans of all generations and proud veteran supporters all throughout Chris Jacobs' district are looking to find ways to tell the story of how the Dwyer program is working for them and in other areas looking for ways to expand it to go further. Every minute since he has been here, Chris Jacobs has been an outstanding leader for our veterans and our veteran community.…”