Absolutely. And we invite all of our colleagues to join us. We have a great bipartisan effort going on with our Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment legislation of 2021 that would open the door for all States. We know that…

I am here today with my great friend, the senior Senator from Missouri, to talk about an issue we both care passionately about and that we have partnered on now for a number of years. I ask unanimous consent to proceed in a colloquy with…

I agree. You know, when I think about COVID and all the increased stress on children and young people and, as you said, the increase in number of suicides--all the pressure is on everyone, from those on the frontlines who are taking care…

It really is about families. So, Mr. President, I just want to close by saying I am so grateful for the partnership that Senator Blunt and I have had. He thinks he is retiring at the end of the year. I am actually going to put him in a…

Senator Blunt, I couldn't agree with you more. I don't know about you, but when we first started and knew this was going to be a step-by-step process, we weren't able to go nationwide. We had to prove the concept would work with, really…

on October 31, 2013, Senator Blunt and I stood here on the Senate floor to mark a very important anniversary. It was 50 years to the day after President Kennedy signed into law the Community Mental Health Act. It was the last piece of…

We can do it in America, we just need to be bold and focused and invest in America.

In the last year, the top 25 largest oil companies made over $205 billion in profits in the United States, Mr. Chairman, and yet our prices are going up at the pump.

I think it is important to, because I hear this all the time, opponents of electric vehicles saying that electrifying our vehicle fleet will result in us being dependent on China for batteries and rare earth materials.

We picked a winner over 100 years ago. They won. Now we are trying to level the playing field as we tackle the climate crisis because of carbon pollution.

They are pretty smart. They wouldn't bet the farm. They wouldn't bet the whole company if they didn't think that they would be able to get there.

We were absolutely thrilled that after only two years on the original demonstration project that Health and Human Services indicated that there was a 63 percent reduction in folks sitting in the emergency room because there was no place…

We need to be making those in America, not relying on other countries.

the whole point on behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse services is to say, health care above the neck should have the same kind of funding and structure as health care below the neck.

Thank you very much. A lot of important things to debate on all of these subjects.

Everyone deserves a great quality of life in America and quality care at every stage of life no matter where they live.

We need to protect the American people from corporate greed and abuse. The FAIR Act is one of those protections. Corporations use forced arbitration clauses to deny Americans their right to seek accountability and justice in disputes with…

I am proud to speak today in support of Black and Brown migrants around the world. Putin's invasion of Ukraine is horrific, and my heart is with the millions of families who have been displaced and those who have lost their lives. I must…