On the recordJune 23, 2022
before I get to my topic today, I would like to say that when Senator Sullivan first came to the Senate, I hadn't been here very long, either, and this was my presiding time every week. I loved the Alaskan of the Week. I don't think they are ever going to run out of Alaskans of the Week as long as Senator Sullivan is here. So I was right back in that chair, where you are, thinking of the many times I heard Senator Sullivan do the presentation on the Alaskan of the Week and how much I enjoyed it. S. 2938 Madam President, I would say the topic today is tragic in so many ways but, I think, moving forward in others. Last month, 19 kids were killed in their own school rooms and 2 teachers were killed in Uvalde, TX. It was a horrific act, an agonizing thing for family, an agonizing thing for community, and I think, along with the Buffalo, NY, event, an agonizing thing for our country. One thing that almost all these mass shootings have in common is a perpetrator who had a mental health issue that wasn't dealt with properly. Let me say before Senator Stabenow and I talk any more about mental health--and I believe I will repeat this again--be sure we know what we are talking about here. People with mental health conditions are not dangerous.…
