Tim Murphy

I have some serious concerns about some of the provisions of H.R. 3717 but I remain committed to working with you and my other colleagues on the committee as we make mental health a priority.

Our mental health system is broken and failing the very people who need help most

Most persons with mental illness are not violent, and tragically, are more frequently the victims of violence

This investigation is bipartisan, it is a priority of all the members of this committee.

What we have here is a failure to communicate, and the results were deadly.

It has been since 1963, as you referenced, Dr. Geller, the last time this country really did some major mental health reforms.

I am committed to do this and I know Representative DeGette is too.

This is not a political one, this is not one that we can't reach across the aisle and work together on.

Is that part of the problem that occurs too with emergency rooms in terms of getting someone to----

Other tragic cases, like Seung-Hui Cho, James Holmes, Jared Loughner, and Adam Lanza, all exhibited a record of untreated severe mental illness prior to their crimes.

Right after the December 14, 2012, elementary school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations began a review of federal programs and resources devoted to mental health and serious mental illness.

And given all this, would it be fair to conclude there are probably millions and millions of Americans right now who have in their purse, their medicine cabinet, their pocket some significant safety risk of some medication that they may be…

Are you aware that the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and Legit Script indicate that 97 percent of online pharmacies are actually rogue Web sites that operate in violation of federal law?

This is really a major public health nightmare.

It is appropriate, it is legitimate, it is what oversight committees should be doing, and I hope it is the first step towards passing legislation that will effectively deter and punish those who put Americans' health at risk with…

The legitimate U.S. drug supply is safe. But counterfeit drugs from illegal sources are a significant and growing global public-health threat.

However, many Americans purchase medicines through illegal supply chains, such as rogue Internet pharmacies and other black markets.

Last year Congress took an important first step against this threat by enacting the new track-and-trace law known as the Drug Quality and Security Act of 2013.

This hearing could also be titled 'Poison Pills in Your Medicine Cabinet, or Counterfeiters Deliver Deadly Drugs.'

You have no background, no education, no training, and it sounds like the people in this panel are not practicing physicians either and not psychiatrists.

Legislation and regulation in this important area should and must be based on sound scientific and economic facts.

I am proud to be a cosponsor of another bill we will examine today. H.R. 1098, the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013, was authored by my friend and colleague from New Jersey, Mr. Pascrell.

I am particularly pleased that we will be examining a bill that I introduced, H.R. 669, the Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act.

Part-time and semi-retired health professionals want to help out but are unable to volunteer because of Federal barriers.

The sad news is there is a serious shortage of providers.