Far too many of them do not receive treatment when they need it.

In my home State we have the BrainSpan Atlas, Paul Allen's brain institute, which is in downtown Seattle.

I would appreciate if you would ask your members in Washington State to get in touch with me.

These invisible wounds of war can be with veterans for many years--but we also have treatments that help.

It is really frustrating to be sitting here again today, and I am having a hard time understanding what really has changed since 2012.

I share the frustration that I am hearing from all of you and Senator Moran.

If a veteran cannot get into care, if they cannot get in for follow-up appointments, what is the chance they are going to stay in treatment or drop out?

I think everyone in this room agrees that our Nation has a duty to care for its veterans.

The Okanogan Complex wildfire of 2015 was the largest wildfire in Washington State's history.

2015 has been a historically intense wildfire season for Washington State.

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All of us here today agree there is a lot more we need to do to keep our families and our communities healthy, and continue investing in priorities that strengthen our economy from the middle out.

The work of the National Institutes of Health is vitally important to that effort.

I really worry that cutting funding for treatment and recovery... would make it very hard for addicts to get the help they need.

So it is a question we need to answer with more research.

We have a crisis on our hands, as the number of Americans with that disease continues to grow.

What kind of research is NIDDK conducting to learn how to increase participation in the program?

I cannot emphasize enough how much we are worried about this.

Those are just a few examples of the incredible work done to improve health and well-being for families across the country and really around the globe.

At the same time, the life sciences are helping to drive economic growth and job creation.

A yearlong CR, unless an anomaly were possible for NIH, would be simply devastating.

Only 15 percent of individuals that have addiction receive it.