Is making to better serve veterans. This is two hours two 20 minutes. Good among. Good morning. My name is bill, as chairman i call this call to order. With our colors in place, hand salute, 1, 2. Please remain standing and ill call on harvey clay from the Department Texas to lead us in prayer. In duty rot me its written be strong and courageous. Do not fear. For it is the lord our god who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you. In romans what then shall we say to these things if god is for us, who can be against us. With those scripttural passage, go to prayer. We call upon you to calm our spirit. Focus our attention and energy on the task at hand knowing that what we do is part of your divine plan. Grant us the courage and faith needed for the assignments we are going to under take. Centered upon what you would have us do all to your grater glory. Shower us with forthright, hones honesty and sincerity. My our preparations be fruitful and touch the hearts of those who hea
Is making to better serve veterans. This is two hours two 20 minutes. Good among. Good morning. My name is bill, as chairman i call this call to order. With our colors in place, hand salute, 1, 2. Please remain standing and ill call on harvey clay from the Department Texas to lead us in prayer. In duty rot me its written be strong and courageous. Do not fear. For it is the lord our god who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you. In romans what then shall we say to these things if god is for us, who can be against us. With those scripttural passage, go to prayer. We call upon you to calm our spirit. Focus our attention and energy on the task at hand knowing that what we do is part of your divine plan. Grant us the courage and faith needed for the assignments we are going to under take. Centered upon what you would have us do all to your grater glory. Shower us with forthright, hones honesty and sincerity. My our preparations be fruitful and touch the hearts of those who hea
Because health care, it shouldnt be about politics. It isnt in connecticut. And it shouldnt be about blindly trying to fulfill a campaign promise, no matter how much real people get hurt. That secretr find room where the Health Care Bill is, the republicans, they know where to find me if they want to stop playing politics and start working together. ; cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1929, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Tonight on afterwards, Sophia Nelson on her latest book. Interviewed by michael steele, former chair of the rnc. Where does unity come into play and how does this book provide prescriptions for turning that important corner to recognize how important unity is . This book is a refresher of civics. But i wrote it in my sophia way of we need a little help, we are a little messed up. America is a great country, but we are confused about who we are and what we
Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I cant thank you enough for being here today, the sacrifices that you have made. I pray that the sacrifices that you and your entire family made will make us a better nation at the end of the day. I think most that sign up to serve have that intention, that they will make this a better nation at the end of the day. I am a physician and also a reservist and i served in iraq for a year. That has led me to want to be here today. One of the things i know as a doctor and im sure dr. Somers you can relate, that when you have patients, regardless of their problems, there is a level of anxiety that, because they have something wrong, whether its muscular, skeletal or mental, it doesnt matter. Something is wrong and there is anxiety. It makes it more difficult and heightens the anxiety when you have all these administrative problems. I know you started to deal with that in private practice. More so maybe than when you first started. The prescription
Part of what i do through the ministry im in is providing support groups through the chaplains channels. So ideal with this very closely on both sides. Medication is no longer being used as a tool to subdue the symptoms while we work on the deeper issues. No. What does the va do . The va specifically utilizes medication to control it and keep them, suppress the symptoms without working on the deeper issues. Thank you. Please. Brian was never put on any medication. Only for his back when he had that problem. Okay. Yes. Clay was on quite a bit of medication. As i said, he felt like a guinea pig, constantly being begin something different. Do you think they chose medications in lieu of therapy . Sure. Oneonone therapy . Yes. The only oneonone therapy that he spoke of that seemed to be effective at a certain point in l. A. He went to a vet center and had a counselor there that he really liked and felt he finally found somebody he to talk with. Okay. From Daniels Point of view, i think part