Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Doherty, for all the work you've done on this bill and for your passion and dedication. It's really inspiring. Yes, we absolutely need a national framework on PTSD. I can't agree more. We all have family we worry about who serve, whether as first responders or in the military.
I have a 21-year-old nephew who just joined the U.S. Marines. He's a private first class. I went to his graduation down in San Diego about eight months ago. Now he's in the infantry division, waiting to be shipped off and stationed somewhere. I'm worried like hell about this young guy. I have a future son-in-law who is now a major with the British forces. He is in the heat of the action in Mosul right now, in Iraq. He's training Iraqi soldiers to go out and fight ISIS. I worry like crazy about him as well.
It is quite emotional for the family. We're worried, and we hope that when they return home, they do have timely access to any resources that are out there. So I can't thank you enough for pushing this forward.
With respect to the United States and Britain and such, have you any idea what other jurisdictions or other countries are doing with their warriors, their veterans, their first responders with respect to the effects of PTSD?