David Roe: “I wonder if the resources aren't there now, and instead of creating another bureaucracy, just organize the resources…”

I want to thank the Chairman for bringing this bill forward, and hopefully we can get this thing done and out of here by Christmas.

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.

the crisis of veteran suicide is not new, but our solutions must be, and that is why I introduced the Veterans' Acute Crisis Care for Emergent Suicide Symptoms Act, or Veterans' ACCESS Act, that will mandate VA cover the costs of emergency…

With all the metrics and good intentions and all of that, the suicide rates have not changed, so we need to do something different.