07/10/2011
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"I want to applaud you and the Ranking Member for having this. And I would encourage us to do this every 90 days."
"Most of us have heard VA's staggering and heartbreaking statistic that every day 20 veterans end their lives, 20."
"We also know that over the past several years VA has invested significant resources toward addressing that number, which stubbornly has not changed."
"These numbers leave me with a lot of questions, ones which I hope we can find the answers to today."