Patrick J. Kennedy: “The notion is you can't turn away from this problem and think that the problem is going to go away.”

I think, obviously, when you look at the fact that so many of our jails are filled with people with mental illnesses and addictions, that clearly a better response than occupying police time would be to make sure that proper first…

we have made progress in normalizing conversations and reducing stigma about mental illness, it is clear, it is so clear

this needs to be a priority. And it will be an enormous protective factor for kids, especially since we are seeing suicide rates skyrocket.

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.