“Enact the Veteran Suicide Prevention Act to address and reduce veteran suicide — a specific, named bill he has repeatedly sponsored (117th and 119th Congresses).”
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Independently verified. Garbarino is the PRIMARY SPONSOR and lead driver of this specifically-named bill across three consecutive Congresses. GovTrack confirms H.R.1123 (117th) 'Veteran Suicide Prevention Act', sponsor Rep. Andrew Garbarino [R-NY2], introduced Feb 18, 2021, status 'Introduced' (died in a previous Congress, no vote). GovTrack likewise confirms H.R.5633 (118th, 2023), same title, same sponsor, status 'Introduced'. His official House press release (verified live) confirms he and Rep. James Himes (D-CT) reintroduced the Veteran Suicide Prevention Act in the 119th Congress, directing the VA to conduct a comprehensive review of veteran suicides, medications, and risk factors, with bipartisan original cosponsors (Lawler, Neguse, Davis, Kean) and outside support from America's Warrior Partnership. Across all three Congresses the bill was referred to the Veterans' Affairs committee and never enacted. Repeatedly sponsoring, reintroducing, and leading press efforts is textbook leading/driving the effort short of enactment = CHAMPIONED, not FULL (not enacted) and more than ATTEMPTED (he is the lead, not a single supporting vote). Applied nonpartisan standard: a member of any party who is the lead sponsor of a bill reintroduced across three Congresses would receive the same label. Confidence held at 0.9 given three real, mutually corroborating sources.
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