Ron Wyden

What ought to be done about that?

We know on average, as Senator Wyden noted in the beginning, that people do not get into care for over a decade after the initial onset of symptoms.

You and young people are going to have a seat at that table when we are working on these reforms.

Mental health problems often show up first when we have people who are very young, but the average delay between the onset of mental health symptoms and the beginning of treatment is actually 11 years.

America's approach to mental health care is way out of whack, and it starts failing America's young people early on.

Thank you, Chairman Wyden, for the invitation to speak with the committee today, and for your leadership on the issue of mental health in our Nation.

I want to thank Senators Carper and Cassidy for heading up our efforts on youth mental health care.

The bottom line is, no more mental health business as usual, because business as usual is failing too many young people at every single point, from the first sign of symptoms to the most critical moments of crisis.

If given the right tools, I am confident that true mental health parity can become a reality in the American health care system.

Thank you to Senators Wyden and Crapo for putting bipartisan support on this very critical issue nationwide.

I also want to commend Senator Stabenow for her years and years of work on behavioral health issues that are so important, and that we will build on.

America's children are on a path to crisis.

I write to offer my unqualified support of Ms. Contreras as you consider her confirmation.

A big part of that job over the last few years has been the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act.

The CHRONIC Care bill... would modernize the Medicare guarantee.

If we just go forward with business as usual on the mental health front, we could lose much of a generation.

This week, we hosted the Surgeon General to hear specifically about his recent advisory on youth mental health.

I am tired of Groundhog Day and having to start from scratch every time there is somebody new.

It is stupid, stupid, stupid, and perhaps even stupid and cruel, stupid and cruel, and stupid.

I am tired of not being listened to on this subject, and of having a blank wall to deal with.

Medicare is not a piece of paper. It is not a slip. It is not some kind of voucher or arrangement. It is a guarantee.

Family First was a historic development.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:41 p.m., recessed until Monday, February 7, 2022, at 3 p.m…

For the information of Senators, there will be two rollcall votes on Monday at 5:30 p.m. ____________________

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