David Roe: “Those things are so frustrating. You cannot imagine how frustrating that is to see that after all this.”

I think we are moving in the right direction.

The provision in Section 2, it says, 'The Secretary shall give preference in the provision of financial assistance under this section to eligible entities who have demonstrated the ability to provide assistance and suicide prevention…

The members here have heard me say this many times, in the Guard in Tennessee we have a program called Guard Your Buddy, which has been shown to reduce suicide by almost 70 percent.

The provision of grants that address social risk factors may substantially help prevent veteran suicide.