Derrick Van Orden: “We've spent $19 billion in 2023 on suicide prevention and…”

“I think we've made a lot of progress on that score and I think we have not. Veteran suicide's increasing. That's not true. That is not true. We've spent $19 billion in 2023 on suicide prevention and suicides are increasing. Your methodology, your methodology has been proven to be bad. And I have no more time, sir, without a yield back. Thank you.” (09:26–09:36)

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