[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          TODAY WE TOOK ACTION

  (Mr. TRONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TRONE. Madam Speaker, today, I rise to applaud the passage of 
Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, a 
comprehensive package of over 30 bills, 6 of which I proudly led.
  Today, over 50 million Americans struggle with mental illness, and 
over 20 million Americans struggle with substance use disorder. We have 
lost nearly 1 million lives to suicide and over 1 million Americans to 
drug overdoses in the last 20 years.
  Today, we are on course to lose another 1.2 million Americans in the 
next decade to drug overdoses. We cannot afford to wait until tomorrow, 
so today, we took action. This effort served as a first step of a 
continued journey to end these crises that have taken far too long and 
taken too many.
  We proudly cast our vote to help save the lives of our fellow 
Americans. I thank Chairman Frank Pallone, Ranking Member McMorris 
Rodgers, Leader Hoyer, and their teams for making this vision a 
reality.

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