David Roe: “Pension promises were made to these miners and their families, and these promises need to be kept.”

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.

I think educating the public about this is extremely important and then being prepared for this, if it does.

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

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…