WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego issued the following press release:
During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials to expand veterans' access to innovative therapies to treat conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorder, and depression.
The hearing included consideration of the Gallego-backed Veterans Health Administration Novel Therapeutics Preparedness Act (https://www.gallego.senate.gov/news/press-releases/gallego-bipartisan-colleagues-introduce-veterans-health-administration-novel-therapeutics-preparedness-act/), which would establish a dedicated Office of Novel Therapeutics within VA an...