On the recordJune 2, 2015
I have visited the Intrepid Center over in Bethesda. We have been working with our veterans on post-traumatic stress. I know, in Houston, some of the best work in the Nation is being done at the University of Texas, at the Center for BrainHealth in Dallas, and your work in Houston. I had my own experience with this. I had a young man, Bill Cooper, who on his last day in Iraq went out on patrol, and he was the victim of an IED. Some 59 operations later, he ended up working for me in my district offices. {time} 1800 He is just doing a wonderful job helping other veterans in the Philadelphia area, but post-traumatic stress is a circumstance that far too many of our veterans have faced. I want to thank my colleague from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area, Congressman Pat Meehan, who has helped to lead this effort on veterans courts, and the chairman and I support it. I thank the gentlewoman for her amendment. I am prepared to yield back the remainder of my time because, again, I am not in opposition. I am in favor of the amendment.
