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Speaker Ryan on 60 Minutes Pushes For Murphy's Mental Health Bill

11/16/15

For Immediate Release: November 16, 2015
Contact: Gretchen Andersen 202.225.2301

Washington, D.C – Appearing on CBS News' 60 Minutes, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan discussed his support for Congressman Tim Murphy’s (R-PA) landmark crisis mental health reform legislation, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, H.R. 2646, in an unaired clip yesterday. The bill passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health two weeks ago in a historic, bipartisan vote.

You can watch the full clip click here.

 
“The other issue we need to take a look at, and I’m pushing this in the Commerce committee, is Congressman Murphy’s legislation on mental health,” said Ryan. “I think we need to improve our mental health laws so we can address these problems before they get out of control because mental health is a component of these shootings that I think we have not looked at seriously enough. So I think that’s an area that we’re going to be taking a deep look at. We’re moving legislation right now in the House Commerce committee.”  
 
The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act boasts 162 cosponsors, and endorsements from almost every national mental health and law enforcement organization, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Treatment Advocacy Center, Federal Law Enforcement Association of America and more. The legislation also has earned several editorial board endorsements since its introduction in June, from the Seattle Times in Washington to the Dallas Morning News in Texas and Washington Post earlier this month.

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In his seventh term representing Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district encompassing suburban Pittsburgh including parts of Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland and Greene Counties, Rep. Tim Murphy also serves as a Commander in the Navy Reserve Medical Service Corps as a psychologist treating Wounded Warriors with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury.

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