David Roe: “This bill would require the VA to improve and finish the IT systems that adjudicates G.I. Bill and VR&E claims.”

With all the metrics and good intentions and all of that, the suicide rates have not changed, so we need to do something different.

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…

I strongly urge the Committee and Congress to consider programmatic changes that ensure greater access to the PPP and EIDL programs.

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.