I believe that is going to be a game changer, particularly for seniors who live in rural areas.

Senator Stabenow has been a champion of mental health-care treatment.

We hope this Committee will support a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Senator Stabenow.

We are concerned that the new six-month in-person service requirement will inequitably limit access to services.

There simply are not enough providers, whether psychiatrists or therapists or staff in inpatient facilities.

When you hear about a 69-percent increase in substance abuse, you say, 'This is something that cannot wait.'

every American must have mental health care when they need it.

There simply are not enough providers, whether it's psychiatrists or therapists or staff in inpatient facilities.

We urge the Committee to advance similarly innovative approaches to this crisis.

More than 87,000 of our neighbors, friends, and family members died of a drug overdose over the past year.

Before COVID-19, mental health conditions were widespread in the United States, and there was significant unmet need.

We hope members of this Committee will also consider long-term measures to address the inequities in reimbursement.

This is a question of equity, and we have a long way to go.

We have not made any headway with parity for mental health and physical health. We have a long way to go.

I believe the Congress ought to look at ways to build on the success that my colleague has led.

The shameful reality is, the United States does not come close to meeting that bar today.

Senator Stabenow has long been a champion of mental health care.

the system still reflects the dangerous, old stigma against recognizing and treating mental illness.

Prior to the pandemic, one in five Americans was living with mental illness.

Insurance companies must not be allowed to cut corners when it comes to mental health coverage.

This could help Jeff Wyden, a schizophrenic.

For someone with a mental illness, it can often be nearly impossible to find a provider who can meet your needs.

There must be a full investigation of abuses under former Attorneys General Sessions and Barr and any one at the Justice Department who was complicit in these abuses of power cannot be trusted to continue serving in government.

To take a complete pass on climate change, in other words, include nothing on climate change is a complete non-starter.

It`s time to abandon hopeless negotiations with Senate Republicans and pass an infrastructure bill through reconciliation with Democratic votes only.