[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2753-H2754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HELP NEEDED FOR VETERANS WITH PTSD

  (Mr. TRONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

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  Mr. TRONE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of our 
Nation's veterans struggling with PTSD and their family members anxious 
for help.
  This week, I spoke with the mother of a young man who joined the 
Marines out of patriotic duty following 9/11. He served four tours.
  His mother told me that when he came home, he was a changed man 
struggling with PTSD.
  She took him to the VA when he said he was contemplating suicide. She 
was told all the beds were full; they couldn't help.
  He was later denied extended treatment at an inpatient facility after 
he began self-medicating. A year-and-a-half ago, he died of an 
overdose.
  We have to do better. The VA needs more and better addiction and 
mental health resources. This young man's mother said to me, after 
losing her son, she is in the fight now. I am, too, and I hope you will 
join me.

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