Veronica Escobar: “El Paso has 50,000 veterans in our own community.”

“Hello. I'm Congresswoman Veronica Escobar. I wanted to take a few moments to talk to you about veteran suicide. There are more than 20 million veterans in the United States. El Paso has 50,000 veterans in our own community. and keeping them safe is one of my highest priorities. According to the most recent data, suicide rates are on the rise nationally and across the entire US Population.” (00:11–00:16)

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