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Dave McCormick: “The disbelief that 18 veterans a day still take their own…”

Featuring: Dave McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Dave McCormick's Inaugural Senate Speech on Pennsylvania's Role in Energy and AI

Published | Video Starts at 08:08

They lost Michael to suicide years after he returned from a tour in Afghanistan. And I share their heartbreak, and I know many of you do, too. And The disbelief that 18 veterans a day still take their own lives every single day. Finally, we all saw the wide open southern border bringing millions of illegal immigrants into our towns and cities. And violent crime and deadly fentanyl in our communities. (08:08–08:14)

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