David Roe: “Please withdraw this proposal and work with this committee on a responsible, bipartisan approach that will strengthen…”

I want to give the VA a shout-out and there are some--obviously, we are going over some problems today that the VA had, but all in all I think the VA probably has the opportunity to be one of the best systems in the country.

I want to get this on the record thanking you for advocating breastfeeding and I think that is a huge thing that you have done.

Implementation and enforcement can be a good thing where government is working with businesses to help them get to a desired result or it can be a dagger in the heart.

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.