David Roe: “We do not want to put the government as the intermediary between patients and doctors. We want access to healthcare.”

Every time a life is lost to suicide, it is a tragedy.

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 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.

I think some people are locked and loaded and ready to go right now; I agree with you.