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Tim Murphy is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district from 2003 until 2017. During his time in Congress, Murphy focused on issues such as healthcare, mental health reform, and energy policy. He was known for his work on the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which aimed to improve mental health services and support for families affected by mental illness. Murphy also served on various committees, including the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he contributed to legislation on health care and energy issues.
I thank the gentleman from Oregon, and truly my friend. I think when people look at Congress and wonder if people can work on issues in a bipartisan way, I am sure if someone looked at our voting record on other issues, we would probably…
I thank the gentleman for his comments and his dedication to this issue. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), who has been absolutely steadfast in his compassion and caring for this. Also, it shows a…
I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, what the gentleman is referring to is also something called assisted outpatient treatment. That is a program whereby 45 States and the District of Columbia--maybe 46 States now--have this. When people…
Right and I agree. I have seen many a child over the years, and I know how important this is.
This is the tale of two cities--not the tale about the cities, but about two examples of America's great embarrassment and failure to treat a brain disease called mental illness, especially serious mental illness. It is also a tale of…
It's a problem because the Clean Power Plan you're working on is unconstitutional.
We need 100,000, because people with an acute phase of psychotic break need a place to go besides a five-point tie down in an emergency room or being put in jail or being sent to the county morgue.
We are here for the subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for the Committee on Energy and Commerce for a hearing called 'Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika virus.'
And so where we are now, we don't have the capacity and you're asking Congress for help because we just don't have the capacity to handle this.
Let me close with these statements. With 60 million Americans out there with some form of mental illness this year and 10 million or so with severe mental illness, they all have families. I hope those families wake up and speak up. I hope…
How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 2 minutes remaining.
I thank the gentleman for his support. While waiting for my friend John Katko of New York to come forward, I want to reflect on how long it has taken us to do this. What we used to do up through the 1800s is just throw people in jail. Then…
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