It's a very personal issue and we're going to talk about this later, including one of the bills that I hope you all support. We have to do something different. We have to. We've got $120 billion into the VA for suicide prevention since 9/11, $16.5 billion this year alone for suicide prevention. And our veteran suicide rate is increasing. And if we can prevent one veteran from committing suicide so we don't have to go to another funeral, then we should do … (00:38–00:47)
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