01/20/2015
https://congress.gov...
"I will not sit here and tell you that I am going to give you a metric and that we will eliminate veteran suicide."
"It is not a threat to the VA, it is a lifeline to the VA."
"This is highly inappropriate. I think--and you seem to be very proud of the fact that your office has been engaged in this sort of stuff, and this way of operating."
"The VA is not meeting all the needs, otherwise the suicide rate would not be 20 a day and staying there."