Bonnie Watson Coleman: “I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for joining us in this discussion as well. Mr. Speaker, it has been almost a century…”

we don’t boastfully show our might in parades.

We did not ‘storm’ the detention center.

In 2023 we lost over 50,000 people to suicide across the country. The year before, more than 1.6 million individuals attempted to take their own lives. These deaths of despair disproportionately affect some communities more than others…

I thank my colleague from Illinois for yielding and organizing this Special Order hour on what I think is a very important topic. Five years ago, I founded and chaired the CBC's Emergency Task Force on Black Youth Suicide and Mental…