Political Quotes

“I was looking at a statistic here that, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration, 89.3 million Americans live in federally designated mental health professional shortage areas, in contrast to only 55.3 million Americans living in similarly designated primary care shortage areas and 44.6 million living in dental health shortage areas. There is, within the greater American society, a shortage of those professionals in the mental health area. For African Americans, that number is exacerbated with African Americans that look like themselves. We are just thinking about the Speaker earlier today issuing a statement saying that the Senate is considering cutting all funding-- not supporting funding for HBCUs, historically Black colleges and universities, where we know that a preponderance of the African Americans in the mental health area have been going to school. I yield to the gentlewoman.”