My bill, which was noticed for this hearing as a draft bill entitled To Amend Title 38, United States Code, to Pay Special Compensation to Certain Veterans with the Loss or Loss of Use of Creative Organs, that is introduced as H.R. 4892, would ensure that veterans who have suffered a traumatic injury to their creative organs would receive appropriate compensation for those injuries.
David Roe discusses his bill for compensating veterans with traumatic injuries to creative organs.
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I will not sit here and tell you that I am going to give you a metric and that we will eliminate veteran suicide.
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.
I believe we have to really get back and reconstitute our mental health infrastructure in this country.
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