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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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…