Senator Charles Schumer pushing military suicide bill he doesn't understand

When will members of Congress stop writing Bills to prevent suicides tied to military service until they actually understand the issue? It is like writing a bill for clean water ignoring what is causing the problem while blaming the water itself.

Military suicides are not new. Just because the press has finally paid some attention to the wound generations of others fought doesn't mean this all just happened.

The worst part of all of this is the simple fact, it has gotten worse with Congress doing more!

Most of what is in this Bill has all been done before and it didn't work.

Schumer pushes to reduce military suicides
Oneida Dispatch
November 11, 2014

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, from left to right, Rep. Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy take part in a news conference Monday at the Sheehy Palmer American Legion Post in Albany. New York’s senior senator was in town to push approval of a bill that would help stem the military suicide rate. Photo provided

ALBANY U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is pushing a bill that would help stem the growing military suicide rate by expanding mental health screening for service members.

At a news conference Monday at the Sheehy Palmer VFW Post, Schumer said the military provides the most-effective mental health screening only for those preparing for or returning from deployment, despite research that shows suicides occur just as often among those who have never deployed.

The senator is pushing a bill, called the Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act, that would set uniform standard across all military services, for the active, Guard and Reserve components, to ensure that every service member receives a quality mental health assessment every year regardless of deployment status. The legislation is included in the National Defense Authorization Act, which will be considered by Congress before year’s end.
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