Committee heard from representatives of veterans organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [no audio] [silence] [no audio] good afternoon, everyone. [audio difficulty] millions of veterans every day. This committee is gathered to hear from those organizations about their firsthand perspective and their support for comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This piece of legislation has been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those veteran Service Organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts they have in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its passage and its ability to be sent to the president. Additionally tomorrow, september the 10th, is worldwide Suicide Prevention day, and this is our opportunity to call attention to the tragedy of suicide and urge for sw
[no audio] [silence] [no audio] good afternoon, everyon good afternoon everyone. [inaudible] to support millions of veterans every day to hear from those organizations and the support for Suicide Prevention and legislation with commander John Scott Hannon better improvement act. Business legislation before thisbe committee and before the senate and i wanted to give the opportunity to the Veterans Service organizations and others and as you negotiate with the passage in the ability to be sent to the president. September 10 is worldwide Suicide Prevention day in the hearing is our opportunity to impact so Many Americans and urge for swift passage of legislation to provide lifesaving measures for those at a risk. I was notified yesterday of another veteran who died by suicide on v. A. Property. And those placing the veteran at the center of the system focusing on new forms of outreach. To achievein those goals and those not yet identified and organizations not yet with caddying and resear
The storm caused horrific damage in upended peoples lives but through perseverance hard work and unyielding oversight of the federal Disaster Response apparatus we built back at her. As a resident of the community affected by hurricane laura assessing damage to their homes they can rest assured that the community will hold a federal Emergency Management agency and its federal partners accountable by making sure they provide to help communities need to get back on their feet. A key lesson from Hurricane Katrina is that the initial response was hampered by the inept leadership of an inexperienced unqualified president ial Campaign Donor who had been appointed to head fema, the nations emergency manager. The hurricanes served as an important reminder that federal agencies should be led to experience people committed to the mission especially in times of crisis. Today the country is in crisis again and leadership for stalling the nations response. A Global Pandemic has crippled the nation.
Vice president mike pence, the number to call is 202 7488001. If you are a supporter of democratic nominee joe biden and kamala harris, 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message at 202 7488003. And on twitter, we are at cspanwj. On facebook, we are at facebook. Com cspan. We want to begin with some breaking news. The headline from the Washington Post. Coastal towns nearly wiped out. The president yesterday got a firsthand look at the damage inflicted by hurricane laura. ,e covered many of his events his stops first in louisiana, later in texas coming two days after the category four hurricane slammed the gulf coast, leaving at least 16 dead in storm hit areas, many now with severe wind and flooding damage. Authorities warned that some people could be without Running Water or electricity for weeks, all coming in the sinlate augus. That is the president yesterday touring the damage in texas and louisiana. Cnn is reporting that the president will trav
Healthy lead both of the popular vote and the electoral college. Its not such a huge lead that its impossible for donald trump to close the gap. What happens in the battleground states, with joe inen campaigning pennsylvania, wisconsin, arizona. Those of the key states for him. The president was in New Hampshire friday. Florida it a must when state for the republicans. Walk us through those key battleground states. Now, we have joe biden winning all of those states. Off the top of my head it, im not sure about arizona, but im pretty sure. Florida is a must win state. Its difficult to see a path through the presidency where donald trump doesnt carry florida. At the same time, joe biden probably needs to win wisconsin in pennsylvania. Arizona is a new battleground state. From 2000competitive until 2012. In 2016, hillary can claim close to winning it. We see a situation now where democrats are competing for. That may be a way for them to offset a loss in wisconsin. Host the biden harris t