Isakson to Hold Hearing on Veteran Suicide Prevention

Senator Johnny Iskason is the Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.  His office issued the following today:

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY	Contact: Amanda Maddox, 202-224-7777
Tuesday, September 26, 2017	Camlin Moore, 202-224-9126

***HAPPENING TOMORROW***

Isakson to Hold Hearing on Veteran Suicide Prevention

‘Be There: What more can be done to prevent veteran suicide’

WASHINGTON – The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., to examine the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) suicide prevention programs and assess what legislative changes may be needed to ensure the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has the necessary resources to combat veteran suicide.

VA Secretary David Shulkin will testify at the hearing on veteran suicide prevention.

The hearing will be streamed online at www.veterans.senate.gov. Media who plan to attend should RSVP to Majority_Press@vetaff.senate.gov.

WHO:        Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

WHERE:   418 Russell Senate Office Building

WHEN:     Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

WHAT:      #BeThere: What more can be done to prevent veteran suicide?

See below for the witness list.

Panel I

John D. Daigh, Jr., MD, CPA, Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections, Office of Inspector General

Craig Bryan, PsyD, ABPP, Executive Director, National Center for Veterans Studies, the University of Utah

Mr. Matthew Kuntz, Executive Director, the National Alliance on Mental Illness for Montana

Panel II

The Honorable David J. Shulkin, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 

Accompanied by:

Dr. David Carroll, Executive Director, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Department of Veterans Affairs

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The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., in the 115th Congress. Isakson is a veteran himself – having served in the Georgia Air National Guard from 1966-1972 – and has been a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs since he joined the Senate in 2005. Isakson’s home state of Georgia is home to more than a dozen military installations representing each branch of the armed services as well as more than 750,000 veterans.