Haven't we done enough with treating people with mental illness as legal cases? We have closed our hospitals and filled our prisons.
I want this person to have some power and mojo.
This bill does not cut 85 percent of federal funding for the programs. It does not.
We want to provide a mechanism by which people are not just waiting for that 'someone is about to die' standard.
We will continue to listen to you. We want to work together.
We have elevated this to the level of Congressional discussion instead of keeping it in the dark shadows.
What we have here is a failure to communicate, and the results were deadly.
This investigation is bipartisan, it is a priority of all the members of this committee.
I am committed to do this and I know Representative DeGette is too.
It has been since 1963, as you referenced, Dr. Geller, the last time this country really did some major mental health re...
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