Patrick J. Kennedy: “So if I were both a liberal or a conservative, parity would be a big issue for me.”

We have so underfunded this system for so long, why is it a big surprise that we don't have enough providers in the field?

We ought to be encouraging people in this country to seek mental health. That should not be a disqualifying factor.

Our family believes in democracy. We believe in the fact that my uncles, one of whom laid down his life in World War II fighting Hitler over Germany, got shot down.

This is why it is time to pass the Telemental Health Expansion Act which I introduced, as I mentioned, with Congresswoman Doris Matsui.