David Roe: “I want to thank my colleague, Representative Luke Messer, for helping lead this important effort.”

I want to congratulate this entire committee. Every one of you finished in exactly 5 minutes, so congratulations.

I think we all here share an objective to deal with the crisis of veteran suicide.

Today is a significant day in America, it is April 15th, and a lot of hardworking taxpayers are sending checks off today.

But I am mindful of something Rahm Emanuel said when he was chief of staff to President Obama in 2009. He said you never let a serious crisis go to waste. I am afraid some of us are doing that here.