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WASHINGTON — Tucked within Congress’ colossal annual defense bill is a priority a vocal group of Texas conservatives has long pushed: Using psychedelics to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) scored several key wins in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was adopted in the House and Senate and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and conferee to the NDAA Conference Committee, Rep. Luttrell was responsible for helping craft this legislation.
WASHINGTON — Sixty percent of veterans who die from suicide each year had no recent engagement with health care services at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
More so, many of the veterans who did reach out for help waited until they were at imminent risk of suicide, according to testimony at a hearing Tuesday held by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs health oversight subpanel.
Lawmakers frustrated with federal officials’ lack of progress in preventing veterans suicides suggested on Tuesday that more of the $16 billion allotted for those outreach efforts be given to outside community groups, saying that increased urgency is needed in addressing the problem
Congress is on track to approve legislation that would mark a significant advance in U.S. policy toward psychedelics.
Tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 is a provision to fund clinical trials using psychedelic substances to treat active duty members of the military.
Bipartisan and bicameral congressional lawmakers have reached an agreement on a large-scale defense bill that contains a House GOP-led section to fund studies into the therapeutic use of psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA for military service members.
Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) and thirteen Republican colleagues sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough on Thursday demanding action against a VA employee who mocked Israel for wanting back hostages held by Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.
“Antisemitism has no place in America, especially within the Department of Veterans Affairs,” Lutrell said in a comment obtained by Breitbart News.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) led 13 of his colleagues in a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dennis McDonough following disturbing antisemitic comments posted online by Shakeba Morrad, a United States Attorney at the Office of General Counsel for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, lawmakers requested an immediate update on the investigation into Shakeba Morrad and any disciplinary actions taken.
WASHINGTON – There are 72,000 hearings for veteran claims now pending before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, an official for a federal watchdog agency told House lawmakers on Wednesday.
The large caseload is driven by repeat cases sent back to the appeals board after a higher court determined the board’s findings were inadequate or incomplete, said Elizabeth Curda, the director of Education, Workforce and Income Security at the Government Accountability Office.