Patrick Kennedy: “This process is unfair. First of all, this legislation is authorizing legislation, and it is not going through the…”

Once again I would just say, as my good friend has just said, the reason that doctors are not trained in identifying mental illness is that we still are living in a country where mental illness is not regarded as part of the body. In other…

I demand a recorded vote to demonstrate this House's support for mental health services in this country. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode…

On the evening of July 12, I missed one rollcall vote. It was my intention to vote ``no'' on rollcall 366 for H. Res. 351, Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 739, H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742. ____________________

In 1960 my uncle, President Kennedy, in one of his remarks in the inaugural address said, ultimately, our truest test here on Earth, we need to make sure we do God's will, because God's work is ultimately our own. I find it so interesting…