David Roe: “This particular facility is a poster child for why we need VA asset review.”

I believe we have to really get back and reconstitute our mental health infrastructure in this country.

When suicide occurs in a hospital, a place where the most vulnerable go for help, that loss feels particularly acute.

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…

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.