the perception out there when you see this, if you are a taxpayer in east Tennessee where I live, just barely getting by, and you are paying your taxes and you see these silly videos or you see these other things, even if it is a tenth of whatever percent, it is hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars, and to us where we live, that is a lot of money.
Roe expresses concern about taxpayer money being wasted on frivolous conference expenses.
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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.
The provision of grants that address social risk factors may substantially help prevent veteran suicide.
As long as I am in the Congress I will never vote to see the VA do a major project again.
I believe we have to really get back and reconstitute our mental health infrastructure in this country.
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