WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today issued a statement following the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) release of its National Veterans Suicide Prevention annual report (https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-releases-annual-veteran-suicide-prevention-report-updated-with-2023-data/), revealing a decrease in veteran suicides from 2022 to 2023. At a Committee oversight hearing (https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2026/1/at-hearing-blumenthal-demands-information-from-va-secretary-i-want-numbers) last week, Blumenthal pressed VA Secretary Doug Collins for the release of this delayed report, which should have been pu...