I applaud that action and share the feeling that second perhaps only to ensuring our ongoing national security, there is no greater priority we have than caring for those who have borne the burden of our battles.
Roe emphasizes the importance of the budget increase for veterans' care.
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My Democrat colleagues want to talk about protecting workers' rights while they simultaneously push radical legislation that will undermine the rights of workers.
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.
When suicide occurs in a hospital, a place where the most vulnerable go for help, that loss feels particularly acute.
I think one of the most distressing statistics I heard during our roundtable in Tennessee was that the second-leading cause of death between the ages of 10 and 34 is suicide.
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