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Oppose Onerous Provisions in Senate NDAA (S. 1519)

We Need Your Help to Stop Unacceptable Choice Funding Legislation

Please Contact Your Representative and Urge a "NO" Vote on S. 114

This Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the Make America Secure Appropriations Act. There are billions of dollars in that act for the Defense Department. But it comes at the same time the military has been told it needs to do sex change surgeries and provide hormone therapies for transgenders.

WASHINGTON — On behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the nation’s Veterans, I want to commend the leadership of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees on their agreement on legislation that will greatly benefit Veterans.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) — Millions of Americans suffer from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. It's a psychological response to a traumatic or life-threatening event.

Practice guidelines have identified that trauma-focused psychotherapies have the most evidence for treating PTSD. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is one type of trauma-focused psychotherapy.

Practice guidelines have identified that trauma-focused psychotherapies have the most evidence for treating PTSD. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is one type of trauma-focused psychotherapy.

Doctors may prescribe opioid medications to treat severe or chronic pain. But using them comes with notable risks – especially for those coping with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) or substance misuse.

Practice guidelines have identified that trauma-focused psychotherapies have the most evidence for treating PTSD. Prolonged Exposure (PE) is one type of trauma-focused psychotherapy.

We are ramping up internal VA capacity along with private referrals. Critics don't want to lose all that VA has to offer. I don't either, and we won't.