Gallego Joins House Members in Discussing Veteran Suicide Prevention

San Antonio, Texas – U.S. Representative Pete P. Gallego (D-Alpine) recently took to the House floor to join other House Members to raise awareness on veteran suicide and how to prevent it. Below are U.S. Rep. Gallego’s remarks:

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

“Few things that we do here are more important than taking care of the men and women who have fought to protect our nation. Doing something about the issue of suicide is incredibly important. Not so very long ago, I had the opportunity to talk to a person that I’ve known for a very long time – I’d met while serving in the Legislature, who told me that his son who was a veteran had come back and was doing fine. And yet, one day, he got the phone call that his son had committed suicide.

“No family should go through that. In the Congress, we have an opportunity to do something about that. It is my hope that Congress, working in a bipartisan fashion, can work together to do something about this problem to take better care across the board of the men and women who have fought every day, day in and day out, to serve our country.

“Mr. Speaker, thank you and I yield back the balance of my time.” 

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U.S. Representative Pete P. Gallego, D-Alpine, represents the 23rd District of Texas, which includes all or parts of 29 counties in southwest Texas, stretching from San Antonio to El Paso. He serves on the House Armed Services and House Agriculture Committees.