[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12506]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       AMERICA SUPPORTS HELPING FAMILIES IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

  (Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, during a time when our 
Nation seems so divided, polarized, and unable to come together on any 
issue, there is one thing on which most of America agrees, by policy, 
politics, and polling.
  In April, a national mental health survey found that 86 percent of 
Americans support the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. 
When it comes to mental health, Democrats, Republicans, and 
Independents agreed that H.R. 2646 is the answer.
  In July, the House followed America's call and came to pass the bill 
422-2 to provide more hospital beds, more psychiatrists, psychologists, 
and reform our broken system. Now, the American people wait for the 
Senate to join us in passing this badly needed legislation.
  Millions of Americans are saying: please do not leave Washington 
without passing the bill so that the House can concur and we can get it 
signed into law. Every day they don't, 959 new families mourn the loss 
of a loved one who suffered from mental illness. And every day, 118 
families mourn a new death by suicide. Every day the Senate waits, we 
delay reform.
  Pass H.R. 2646. Where there is help, there is hope.

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