Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) for doing this. It is really something that we need to highlight more. I am glad to be here tonight. I had forgotten that this was the night you were going to be here. I have something that we are going to be talking about here in a little bit, but this is perfect timing for it because it is so important. The issues that we deal with and the seriousness of this topic is the stigma. And still being in the Air Force and looking at how the military has dealt with this issue is something that is frustrating for those of us who do it all the time. I was in the Navy for a short time. I got out for a little bit. I went back in the Air Force. And in my 15, 16 years in the military, we have been through, like, four different programs on how to help servicemembers with suicide. The bottom line is that we don't need more courses. We need just more care for our airmen and our soldiers and our sailors, and looking at it from a perspective of caring about the other person. It is not a course; it is caring. It is looking at signs and knowing that there are people who are out there hurting, but also taking an account of what I have heard many of the speakers tonight talk about, and that is the issue of mental health. My daughter, who I love dearly, has spina bifida. She cannot walk. She has not walked at all since birth. She is paralyzed from the waist down.…”