Roy Blunt

I want to thank Senator Murray for her support and leadership as we, again, finish the bill that is still pending before the Congress to add another $2 billion to the basic research funding at NIH.

We clearly understand Russian improper involvement in our elections.

I write to ask you to reject any risky plans to privatize our air traffic control system and take away Congressional oversight of this important public system.

I want to talk a few minutes about the challenges so many of our Cabinet members face trying to restore our infrastructure, to maintain our park system, and to create the public- private partnerships the President mentioned earlier this…

I'm wondering, as you've had a chance to think about this, why you think that has happened...

every day we continue to set new records for how long it takes for the new President to get his Cabinet in power--in office--and the responsibility to carry out the things that the President said that he wanted to do when he was elected…

I would urge you to discontinue the practice of diverting TSA security fee revenues for non-security purposes.

I want to thank Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for sponsoring the Excellence in Mental Health Act demonstration program.

I would say in Springfield and I believe in St. Louis County they're moving toward trying to have an iPad linkup with a 24/7 provider.

The National Institutes of Health says that 1 out of 4 Americans has a diagnosable and almost always treatable mental health challenge.

please remember the safety net.

It will be important to continue funding Mental Health First Aid.

If there is things that could be done upfront where if somebody ever engages in the criminal justice system, I think the greater our success is going to be at our first interaction.

I know Senator Murray agrees that ensuring access to mental healthcare is critical and an ongoing challenge for us to tackle together.

I want to thank this committee for providing $15 million in funding for Mental Health First Aid each of the last three fiscal years.

It would be important to continue funding SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) grants to integrate primary care and behavioral healthcare in Community Mental Health Centers.

I have--both in Kansas City and in Springfield, which is my hometown,--ridden with Crisis Intervention Teams to see how they do what they do.

I would urge the committee to increase SAMHSA's block grant funding in specific areas where behavioral health was left behind.

I want to thank Senator Blunt and also Senators Stabenow, Matsui, and Lance for sponsoring the Excellence in Mental Health Act demonstration project.

the safety net, in all likelihood, needs to be there, whatever we do.

coverage without access is not solving the problem.

access continues to be one of the major challenges here.

Telemedicine, Dr. Johnson, then Dr. Parks, and Dr. Freeman.

Mental health is not a partisan issue.

Do you have--you know, there are some big county studies--no statewide studies that I am aware of...