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sot: margaret pearce /jefa departamento enfermera (margaret pearce/chief nursing officer) "no individual of patient care should ever have to be treated this way." no individual, ningun individuo con una posicin de cuidado al paciente, debe ser tratado de esta manera, recalco la jefa del departamento de enfermera. track (necesitaremos una grafica en espaÑol aqu) y aÑadieron en un comunicado, que "a partir de ahora, la polica tendr que comunicarse con los administradores del hospital y no con los doctores y enfermeras" track el agente jeff payne quera una muestra de sangre del conductor del camin, william gray, quien result quemado en este accidente automovilstico... el cual involucr a un carro que era perseguido por la policia. track (necesitaremos una grafica en espaÑol aqu) el aÑo pasado, el tribunal supremo haba dictaminado que la polica debe tener la autorizacin o el consentimiento del paciente para realizar una muestra. y cuando la enfermera explic la razn de no poder extraer sangre a un paciente inconsciente, la reaccin del agente paso al plano fisico. nats stop! i've done nothing w
sot: margaret pearce /jefa departamento enfermera (margaret pearce/chief nursing officer) "no individual of patient care should ever have to be treated this way." no individual, ningun individuo con una posicin de cuidado al paciente, debe ser tratado de esta manera, recalco la jefa del departamento de enfermera. track (necesitaremos una grafica en espaÑol aqu) y aÑadieron en un comunicado, que "a partir de ahora, la polica tendr que comunicarse con los administradores del...
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pearce of new mexico. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 504, the gentleman from new mexico and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new mexico. mr. pearce: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the vinting and flaring rule was again put in place by the last administration intended for b.l.m. to regulate methane. that was regulated by the e.p.a. it was down 21% while production is going up, production is going up and methane production is down. d so, we wonder at why the administration came at the last second to put this rule into place. basically the argument is exactly the same for opposing that rule. that's what is at stake is not the good wells. they are going to produce with whatever burdens are placed on them. what's at stake are the stripper ells which make up 2.6 billion barrels, 145 million barrels of production in the state of new mexico. o you can imagine the economic catastrophe if that 145 million weren't available to the state to
pearce of new mexico. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 504, the gentleman from new mexico and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new mexico. mr. pearce: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the vinting and flaring rule was again put in place by the last administration intended for b.l.m. to regulate methane. that was regulated by the e.p.a. it was down 21% while production is going up, production is going up and methane...
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his father, pearce tefft, wrote, "[n]one of his beliefs were learned at home. not, never have, and never will, accept his twisted worldview. "[peter] once joked, 'the thing about us fascists is, it's not that we don't believe in freedom of speech. you can say whatever you want. we'll just throw you in an oven.' "peter, you will have to shovel our bodies into the oven, too. please son, renounce the hate, accept and love all." those are the words of pearce tefft, the father of white supremacist peter tefft, who marched in charlottesville. well, i recently spoke to another member of the family, jacob scott, peter tefft's nephew. in addition to jacob, i spoke continued our conversation with christian picciolini, co-founder of lifife after hate, a nonproft helping people disengage from hate and violent extremism. he was a leading neo-nazi skinhead gang member and far-right extremist in the 1980's and 1990's. i began by asking jacob about what is happening to his family. jacob scott: peter had for a long time been a bit of a bully and kind of unstable. my cousin and
his father, pearce tefft, wrote, "[n]one of his beliefs were learned at home. not, never have, and never will, accept his twisted worldview. "[peter] once joked, 'the thing about us fascists is, it's not that we don't believe in freedom of speech. you can say whatever you want. we'll just throw you in an oven.' "peter, you will have to shovel our bodies into the oven, too. please son, renounce the hate, accept and love all." those are the words of pearce tefft, the father of...
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for yourself, try to tell me how your attitude matches up to the words of a state senator russell pearceffort to take on the illegal immigrants. he said not so long ago, he said "it is time to circle the wagons against illegal immigrants who are responsible for a crime wave in our state and are stealing ourjobs." do you bring the same mindset? well, russell is a formal law enforcement officer — well, russell is a former law enforcement officer — in fact, he was my chief deputy for a year when i first took office, so he has a lot of experience in law enforcement. and now he's a state senator, politician. but he's been behind many of these laws... that's right. ..relating to illegal immigration. and they have all been upheld by other courts. but leaving aside the legality, and we will get to law 1070 in a minute, butjust in terms of the mindset, do you see illegal immigrants as responsible for a crime wave and for stealing jobs? well, you know, first of all, it doesn't matter, it's a violation of the law. i'm an equal opportunity law enforcing guy — i lock everybody up, whether it is hooke
for yourself, try to tell me how your attitude matches up to the words of a state senator russell pearceffort to take on the illegal immigrants. he said not so long ago, he said "it is time to circle the wagons against illegal immigrants who are responsible for a crime wave in our state and are stealing ourjobs." do you bring the same mindset? well, russell is a formal law enforcement officer — well, russell is a former law enforcement officer — in fact, he was my chief deputy for...
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hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening... sacked.sampson is fired by the fa after fresh allegations against him come to light. manchester united score four against burton in the third round of the efl cup. and bronze for chris froome in the time trial at the cycling world championships. mark sampson has been sacked as head coach of the england lionesses. he's been at the centre of allegations of bullying and racism which he denies and cleared in two inquiries, but today's departure came after fa management became aware of other allegations that date back nearly four years to when he was manager of bristol academy. 0ur sports editor, dan roan, is at wembley. so why has this new information only come to light now? you are right, that is the most obvious question to emerge from this controversy that has rapidly become something of a crisis for the governing body and no doubt that question will be asked of senior executives here when they are summoned to appear in front of a parliamentary select committee hearing in the middle of next mo
hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening... sacked.sampson is fired by the fa after fresh allegations against him come to light. manchester united score four against burton in the third round of the efl cup. and bronze for chris froome in the time trial at the cycling world championships. mark sampson has been sacked as head coach of the england lionesses. he's been at the centre of allegations of bullying and racism which he denies and cleared in two...
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so there is the fort pearce area. the area of cocoa beach and palm bay and palm bay by the tornado was confirmed today. it was ef zero and destroying six mobile homes. we still have that threat on the east coast portion of the storm, too. >> so kristen is in this for another 15 minutes or so, it is going to be that rough. >> yeah, let me give her a little timing on this. she's in fort myers now. the worst is shifting to north fort myers here and the northern portion there on 75. she has about 15 0 or 15 minute and it will spread north ward. we have been playing who's the next game. >> i want to go up to doctor jacob in st. petersburg. talk to me about what it is looking like. we were thinking earlier, this thing is going more due north than expected. >> it is located here and the forecast from this morning of the hurricane center have located about 20 miles per hour to the west. that made a big difference here into the st. petersburg area. we'll get into tampa and saraso sarasota. here is st. peters are located here.
so there is the fort pearce area. the area of cocoa beach and palm bay and palm bay by the tornado was confirmed today. it was ef zero and destroying six mobile homes. we still have that threat on the east coast portion of the storm, too. >> so kristen is in this for another 15 minutes or so, it is going to be that rough. >> yeah, let me give her a little timing on this. she's in fort myers now. the worst is shifting to north fort myers here and the northern portion there on 75. she...
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hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening. mark sampson says allegations of racism against him won't hinder england's women as they begin their world cup qualifying campaign in the next half hour. we'll have the latest news from old trafford where west indies have been batting first in the one day international against england. father and son team stephen and michael mcconville have been banned from racing for three years for horse doping. it's a 7 o'clock kick off tonight for england's lionesses as they begin their world cup qualifying campaign. but first we start with cricket. england are taking on the west indies in the first of their five one day internationals. despite some bright sunshine in manchester the start was delayed by a wet outfield at old trafford. the match has been reduced to 42 overs and the west indies who won the toss batted first. joe lynskey has the story of their innings. clear skies in manchester can be deceiving, this is cricket in september and the problem was the outfield, too sleepy to get going, l
hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening. mark sampson says allegations of racism against him won't hinder england's women as they begin their world cup qualifying campaign in the next half hour. we'll have the latest news from old trafford where west indies have been batting first in the one day international against england. father and son team stephen and michael mcconville have been banned from racing for three years for horse doping. it's a 7 o'clock...
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james pearce will be with you in the next hour. 0ver now.more than 200 people have lost their lives in a devastating earthquake that has struck mexico — toppling dozens of buildings, making thousands homeless and leaving millions more without power. let's show you some drone images we've received it shows the extent of the damage above mexico city — many buildings have been reduced to rubble, a huge operation is now taking place, as teams of rescue workers and volunteers claw through the rubble with picks, shovels and their bare hands — in the hope of finding survivors. this quake struck exactly 32 years to the day after an earthquake that left 10,000 people dead. so why is this part of mexico so vulnerable to earthquakes? this is the second to hit the country in just a fortnight. samantha simmonds has this analysis. mexico city is in a valley and is on a historic lakebed. it sits on soft loose soil that acts as an amplifier for tremors when seismic waves arrive, the whole place behaves like jelly, arrive, the whole place behaves like jelly,
james pearce will be with you in the next hour. 0ver now.more than 200 people have lost their lives in a devastating earthquake that has struck mexico — toppling dozens of buildings, making thousands homeless and leaving millions more without power. let's show you some drone images we've received it shows the extent of the damage above mexico city — many buildings have been reduced to rubble, a huge operation is now taking place, as teams of rescue workers and volunteers claw through the...
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pearce of new mexico. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this num blackburn of tennessee. veer. the request fored vote on amendment number 55 by the gentlelady from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 55, printed in house report number 115-297, offered by mrs. blackburn of opinion tennessee. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for vorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by t
pearce of new mexico. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this num blackburn of tennessee. veer. the request fored vote on amendment number 55 by the gentlelady from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 55, printed in house report number 115-297, offered by mrs. blackburn of opinion tennessee. the...
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i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening... two harry kane goals help spurs to a 3—2 win over west ham in a thriller at the london stadium. all the premier league's top sides ease to victory. celtic extend their unbeaten domestic run to 57 games with a 2—0 win over rangers in the first old firm derby of the season at ibrox. chantal blaak of the netherlands recovers from a crash to become road race world champion. britain's hannah barnes led for a while, but could only finish 14th. also coming up in the programme... leicester narrowly beat harlequins in a thriller. and we'll be live injersey to find out more about a new fast and furious version of the triathlon. hello and welcome to the programme. plenty to come across a wide range of sports but we'll start with the premier league and there were several eye—catching matches today. our football reporterjohn bennett is with me here to cover all the big talking points. john, let's start with the derby at the london stadium between west ham and spurs. quite a game. great game to sta
i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening... two harry kane goals help spurs to a 3—2 win over west ham in a thriller at the london stadium. all the premier league's top sides ease to victory. celtic extend their unbeaten domestic run to 57 games with a 2—0 win over rangers in the first old firm derby of the season at ibrox. chantal blaak of the netherlands recovers from a crash to become road race world champion. britain's hannah barnes led for a while, but could only finish 14th. also...
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. >> this week's your biz selfie from jim pearce who owns image 360. they provide high-quality graphic solutions. he is posing with the beast, a new large flatbed printer. why don't you pick up your cell phone and take a selfie of you in your business, no professional shots, please. send it to yourbusines yourbusiness @msnbc.com. thanks so much for joining us today. here's something that i learned from today's show. earlier in the show he we talked about a couple that didn't have the right insurance. when disaster struck, it was a big problem. it is complicated or it's boring. but it is our job to understand everything. i don't care if you're running a team or a business. you cannot put things aside and hope it all works out for the best. that's the stuff that comes back to bite us. put time aside every week to go deal with those things that you have been ignoring. we would love to hear from you. if you have any questions or comments about today's show, e-mail us at yourbusines yourbusiness @msnbc. we posted all the segments from today's show and a who
. >> this week's your biz selfie from jim pearce who owns image 360. they provide high-quality graphic solutions. he is posing with the beast, a new large flatbed printer. why don't you pick up your cell phone and take a selfie of you in your business, no professional shots, please. send it to yourbusines yourbusiness @msnbc.com. thanks so much for joining us today. here's something that i learned from today's show. earlier in the show he we talked about a couple that didn't have the...
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. >>> this week's your biz selfie comes from jim pearce.hey provide high quality graphic solutions. you can see him here posing with the beast. that is a new piece of equipment. now why don't you pick up your smart phone and take a picture of you and your business number professional shots, please. send it to yourbusiness@msnbc.com. include your name, name of your company and location and please use the #yourbizselfie. thank you so much for joining us to day. here is something i flernd today's show. earlier we talked about a couple that didn't have the right insurance and when disaster struck it was a big problem. look, we all have things in our jobs that we just want to put aside. it is complicated or boring. but it is our job to understand everything. i don't care if you're running a team or if you're running a business. you cannot put thing as side and hope it's going to work out for the best. that's the stuff that comes back to bite us. put time aside every week to go deal with those things that you have been ignoring. now we would love
. >>> this week's your biz selfie comes from jim pearce.hey provide high quality graphic solutions. you can see him here posing with the beast. that is a new piece of equipment. now why don't you pick up your smart phone and take a picture of you and your business number professional shots, please. send it to yourbusiness@msnbc.com. include your name, name of your company and location and please use the #yourbizselfie. thank you so much for joining us to day. here is something i flernd...
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my apologies around fort pearce area. this is our future radar. we might actually see multiple lan falls of this hurricane as it scrapes the coastline. there is tampa and this is 2:00 a.m. overnight on monday and we are expecting the worst part of the storm surge to go in to the tampa bay area tampa bay area. that is why folks are very concerned. and then towards tallahassee and this is 11:00 a.m. on monday and then we will see the effects moving into georgia, alabama, up towards the tennessee river valley and into kentucky. storm surge you've heard us talk about the very vulnerable area. more in the east coast of florida. some cases this could be in use case scenario -- worst-case scenario. it will inundate all of these low-lying sea level and the tampa bay area could see upwards of 10 feet and that is why they are so concerned and evacuations ongoing. radar estimated precipitation 10 to 12, a foot of rain fall in south florida. we can expect upwards of 15 inches of rain as the system of standing continues to move north. i know we've been focusin
my apologies around fort pearce area. this is our future radar. we might actually see multiple lan falls of this hurricane as it scrapes the coastline. there is tampa and this is 2:00 a.m. overnight on monday and we are expecting the worst part of the storm surge to go in to the tampa bay area tampa bay area. that is why folks are very concerned. and then towards tallahassee and this is 11:00 a.m. on monday and then we will see the effects moving into georgia, alabama, up towards the tennessee...
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one of those enemies is by in munich who have criticised pearce cheese transfer strategy the two clubs clash in the champions league on wednesday night and boy and coach carlo edgel latino's that will be a tough match. very important. for space. and. a p.s.g. win on wednesday would send a message to their more lustrous rivals the club that is splash the cash is ready to make waves that could rock european football. get more than an i said champions league clash of the titans with that young expect from t w force welcome yannick p.s.g. then spending big but are they spending wisely it would probably be a bit of both i mean they've done very well to prior's neymar one of the world's best players from barcelona even though they had to splash the cash to do it it's a huge coup for them and also getting kilian pay through as well probably europe's hottest young talent at the moment that said four hundred million euros cash is just insanity i'm not really sure if it's going to bring them the success that they crave you know you need more than just star players to make a champion you also nee
one of those enemies is by in munich who have criticised pearce cheese transfer strategy the two clubs clash in the champions league on wednesday night and boy and coach carlo edgel latino's that will be a tough match. very important. for space. and. a p.s.g. win on wednesday would send a message to their more lustrous rivals the club that is splash the cash is ready to make waves that could rock european football. get more than an i said champions league clash of the titans with that young...
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one of those enemies is by in munich who have criticised pearce cheese transfer strategy the two clubs clash in the champions league on wednesday night and boy and coach carlo edgel latino's it will be a tough match. very important. to their quality. and neymar. appears to a win on wednesday would send a message to their more lustrous rivals the club that is splash the cash is ready to make waves that could rock european football. ok so what's going to happen with this tom you know byron have the spirit but look at paris the you know they have the big names they have you saw the name mark avani but those two are currently in a squabble could that give byron the itch it very well could there's a lot of disharmony in the p.s.g. camp at the moment it started quite recently when jernigan against leone which p.s.g. actually won two new but unfortunately for the fans and the team and the manager was blighted by bickering basically between vonnie and neymar who was going to take a free kick and he was going to take a penalty now apparently then carried on in the changing room and there were s
one of those enemies is by in munich who have criticised pearce cheese transfer strategy the two clubs clash in the champions league on wednesday night and boy and coach carlo edgel latino's it will be a tough match. very important. to their quality. and neymar. appears to a win on wednesday would send a message to their more lustrous rivals the club that is splash the cash is ready to make waves that could rock european football. ok so what's going to happen with this tom you know byron have...
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pearce, he has testified in our committee ver 50% of the people in his district living in manufactured homes. this is a major source of housing for many people. and i have a story from a banker in southeast missouri who had an individual who had several disabilities and very honest man and wanted to come in and take kay of a dental problem and collateral was a truck and his manufactured home. and he wanted to make the loan on the manufactured home because he could stretch out the payments and do it at a less interest rate. but he couldn't do that. why? because the law is structured, he had to do it on his car loan and has put difficulties in the way of this individual. i certainly am opposed to the amendment. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. bower bower i yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia. mr. graves: i thank mr. barr for his work on this. the language that the author of this amendment is trying to strip is actually language that improves the quality and affordability of housing for mill quops of amer
pearce, he has testified in our committee ver 50% of the people in his district living in manufactured homes. this is a major source of housing for many people. and i have a story from a banker in southeast missouri who had an individual who had several disabilities and very honest man and wanted to come in and take kay of a dental problem and collateral was a truck and his manufactured home. and he wanted to make the loan on the manufactured home because he could stretch out the payments and...
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they later found pearce's cars on friendship landing run. there are extra patrols near mt.y school. >>> those students in charles county are among thousands heading back to school today. montgomery county, st. mary's and arlington are among more than a dozen local districts all heading back to class. you may know today is called result and with that let's check in with jack taylor and your first 4 traffic. how is it looking, jack? >> reporter: as he puts his head down, freeway westbound a crash did involve an overturned vehicle, two left lanes remained blocked at the scene. 295 solid both directions inbound across the 11th street bridge. this is visible to the eastbound freeway to 395 starting to get sizable delays north of shearling ton heading across the freeway east. at least eastbound lanes are open, westbound half the road is blocked unfortunately. >> thank you, jack. we will take a quick break and check your forecast next. he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam. born and raised in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldi
they later found pearce's cars on friendship landing run. there are extra patrols near mt.y school. >>> those students in charles county are among thousands heading back to school today. montgomery county, st. mary's and arlington are among more than a dozen local districts all heading back to class. you may know today is called result and with that let's check in with jack taylor and your first 4 traffic. how is it looking, jack? >> reporter: as he puts his head down, freeway...
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mark pearce from save the children and francis markus, international red cross, thank you both from nepale on pa rents. a deal to restore devolved government in northern ireland has been rejected as the two main parties, the dup and sinn fein, continue to be at loggerheads. chris pages in belfast. does this move is a step closer to direct rule from westminster? i think it looks at the moment that it does. northern ireland has been without a devolved government says the power—sharing executive collapsed injanuary, and people in northern ireland are seeing the effects of that. there is great uncertainty for people working in the public sector, threats of cuts to public services, and last night the dup leader arlene foster made a speech in which she set out a proposal to break the deadlock. she said you restore the stormont executive, put ministers back into the devolved government immediately so the devolved government immediately so that they can get spending money on for example health dedication, try to sort those problems out, but she says at the same time, you should have parallel talk
mark pearce from save the children and francis markus, international red cross, thank you both from nepale on pa rents. a deal to restore devolved government in northern ireland has been rejected as the two main parties, the dup and sinn fein, continue to be at loggerheads. chris pages in belfast. does this move is a step closer to direct rule from westminster? i think it looks at the moment that it does. northern ireland has been without a devolved government says the power—sharing executive...
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same question to you, jerry pearce said of the economy. 3% growth second quarter.ward blip because of the hurricanes. when we come out of that, the housing sector is only operating at 600,000 units a year. when there is an innate demand for one point for-1.5 million. we have every opportunity to continue to grow in the housing sector. stuart: i'm glad you come in and joined us. we don't do ceo interviews. charlie bacon, he's all right. jerry, we appreciate you being with us. >> thanks for having me. stuart: now this, jared kushner using private e-mail to conduct white house visits. some comparing this to the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. as a member there's a big difference between a private e-mail account, kushner in a private server as in hillary clinton. judge napolitano coming up on all of that in just one minute. ♪ >> i'm nicole petallides victor fox business brief. china may be using some of the rules and that could help tesla. tesla today down 1%. but we are seeing news that they could be using regulation for business trying a flag bearer. and they have to
same question to you, jerry pearce said of the economy. 3% growth second quarter.ward blip because of the hurricanes. when we come out of that, the housing sector is only operating at 600,000 units a year. when there is an innate demand for one point for-1.5 million. we have every opportunity to continue to grow in the housing sector. stuart: i'm glad you come in and joined us. we don't do ceo interviews. charlie bacon, he's all right. jerry, we appreciate you being with us. >> thanks for...
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madam speaker, our nation's veterans are 22% more likely to suicide than their nonveteran pearce. this trend is troubling and we all must work to reverse suicid department of veterans affairs start add new campaign this month called, be there. the campaign emphasizes small actions such as calling an old friend, checking in on a neighbor, or inviting a colleague to go for a walk. these small gestures may have real impact on someone who is struggling or feeling alone. suicide rates are especially high in rural areas where veterans may experience isolation or limited access to v.a. care often for mental health concerns. that's why i introduced the vets act which seeks to build telly .a.'s existing medicine program t allows veterans to receive mental health care from anywhere. this will give our veterans greater access to the care they medicine program t allows veterans to so desperately need. madam speaker, our service men and women answer the -- answered the call of duty. when they returned home, it is our turn to be there for them. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back the balance
madam speaker, our nation's veterans are 22% more likely to suicide than their nonveteran pearce. this trend is troubling and we all must work to reverse suicid department of veterans affairs start add new campaign this month called, be there. the campaign emphasizes small actions such as calling an old friend, checking in on a neighbor, or inviting a colleague to go for a walk. these small gestures may have real impact on someone who is struggling or feeling alone. suicide rates are especially...