Sufficient significant discussion about veteran suicides today, let me start by sharing the Veterans Crisis line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran direct
Line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran directly since we havent had the opportunity yet and to discuss further his commitment to pass the houses bipartis
Organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. The committee will come to order. I am pleased to have this opportunity today to hear directly from organizations that work with, represent or support millions of veterans every day. This committee has gatheredli today to hear from these organizations their firsthand perspective and reasons they support our comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, the commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This is a legislation that is been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those Veterans Service organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts that in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its p
[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
Below average, mid 60s in San Francisco, upper 60s in oakland and 77 in san jose and 81 for concord. We will talk about the warm weekend ahead as highpressure builds in details on that your coming up in a few minutes. Developing this morning, new covid testing site really causing frustration for two days straight since opening in alameda. Emily turner is there this morning with who could get tested today. That is the big question. Let me tell you yesterday, people were lined up around the block. Let me show you what we are looking at. That is basically nobody. It is a ghost town. The latest update posted on the alameda website is from wednesday, saying testing is temporarily paused but they say that they are accepting appointments only. It is confusing to say the least for a lot of folks are having trouble trying to stay on top of it. People have been driving by this morning trying to figure it out asking us what is going on so now you know appointments are only here today. Closures wi