WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in introducing 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 also cosponsored by Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO).
The construction industry has the second-highest risk of suicide across all industries. In...