"I am very concerned about the civics issue."
"Thank you very much, Madam Chair."
"The purview of this subcommittee is broad. However, it is fair to say, historically, we have probably paid more attention to physical health than we have to mental health."
"First, to all of you, thank you for your testimony. Just superb testimony, as the chairwoman said, across the board."
"Probably when I talk to my police chiefs that I am privileged to represent, I always ask them what is your top problem? They say mental health every single time."
"Again, there is a big unanimity across very many different perspectives here that is actually very helpful to us as a committee."
"the biggest single problem we have is just the shortage of trained professionals and probably anything you could do to incentivize the education of more professionals."
"Rep. Tom Cole and Rep. Betty McCollum championed an amendment in the Rules Committee to strike Section 3003 from the NDAA."
"Frankly, there is no topic more important or serious than Congress' authority to declare when, where, and how our Nation chooses to go to war."
"I first want to thank Chairman McGovern for arranging today's hearing. Though the chairman and I disagree on a number of things, defending the constitutional authority entrusted to Congress is not one..."
"I would rather act and not get it quite right than do nothing at all and miss this really unique opportunity to reassert congressional authority."
"Going to war in 2003, decision actually made in October of 2002, was pretty popular. It wasn't very popular by 2005 and 2006."