On the recordJune 22, 2022
Today, I rise to applaud the passage of Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, a comprehensive package of over 30 bills, 6 of which I proudly led. Today, over 50 million Americans struggle with mental illness, and over 20 million Americans struggle with substance use disorder. We have lost nearly 1 million lives to suicide and over 1 million Americans to drug overdoses in the last 20 years. Today, we are on course to lose another 1.2 million Americans in the next decade to drug overdoses. We cannot afford to wait until tomorrow, so today, we took action. This effort served as a first step of a continued journey to end these crises that have taken far too long and taken too many. We proudly cast our vote to help save the lives of our fellow Americans. I thank Chairman Frank Pallone, Ranking Member McMorris Rodgers, Leader Hoyer, and their teams for making this vision a reality. ____________________
