National service is a core American value. It makes this country exceptional.
I am grateful for that effort. And, look, we have got more and more people retiring every day...
Connecticut has a large population of veterans and active military personnel, and you support military families and vete...
Your leadership in shedding light on this issue, your commitment to speaking with families, to visiting our providers, i...
I think that we helped to restore funds in that program last year, and I think the explanation that Ms. Spencer has give...
I am going to work like hell to be able to get the Department of Agriculture to be able to take these kids and get them ...
We can put a trained AmeriCorps member from one of our programs like FoodCorps and others, nutritionists literally in ev...
What about the medication-assisted treatment, which seems to be a good road to follow?
we ought to take a look at how we can make it more accessible and do that in a way, since we know what it does.
I think there are many folks, and I don't know if you share this view, Mr. Chairman, that are here who think...
Public service is the rent you pay for space on this Earth.
the answer is not incarceration. The answer is treatment.
I do have a worry that we are not going to be able to make these kinds of increases again without a stronger allocation.
I talked to families who have the firsthand knowledge of the heartbreak and the havoc that is caused by addiction.
we were able to secure a $50,000,000 increase to the mental health block grant, and a $38,000,000 increase to the substa...
Last year's omnibus moved the Federal budget in the right direction.
There was a critical need for greater access to treatment, particularly medication-assisted treatment.
Overall with mental health, this is a very big issue for me.
