WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto introduced legislation to prevent suicide among construction workers. The Constructing the Path to Suicide Prevention Act would authorize a national study through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collect data on the unique suicide risk factors facing construction workers that can be used to inform future suicide prevention programming. This legislation is cosponsored by Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.).
The construction industry has the second-highest risk of suicide across...