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Derrick Van Orden: “What the Veterans Administration is doing is not working in…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden Underscores Suicide Prevention at Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:25

It's my bill to amend Title 38th United States Code to direct the city secretary about psychedelics, getting me into the formulary. And again, I'm going to stress that What the Veterans Administration is doing is not working in preventing veteran suicide. We can quantify that. We have numbers. We have widows, we have widowers, we have kids without parents. Because they've committed suicide as a direct result of their service to our nation. (02:25–02:32)

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Asserts that the VA's current efforts are ineffective in preventing veteran suicide.

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