David Roe: “There were nine physicians in the House of Representatives, and I say this in all honesty, in all the years I served as…”

I want to thank the Chairman for bringing this bill forward, and hopefully we can get this thing done and out of here by Christmas.

I want to thank you for having this. I think we should continue this, because this is a travesty in the United States to have these kinds of mortality rates.

I want to give the VA a shout-out and there are some--obviously, we are going over some problems today that the VA had, but all in all I think the VA probably has the opportunity to be one of the best systems in the country.

the crisis of veteran suicide is not new, but our solutions must be, and that is why I introduced the Veterans' Acute Crisis Care for Emergent Suicide Symptoms Act, or Veterans' ACCESS Act, that will mandate VA cover the costs of emergency…