David Roe: “I don't for 1 minute think the Obama White House is doing this on purpose, it is just what it is.”

This is highly inappropriate. I think--and you seem to be very proud of the fact that your office has been engaged in this sort of stuff, and this way of operating.

Why don't we take a public health approach?

The VA is not meeting all the needs, otherwise the suicide rate would not be 20 a day and staying there.

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…