Lawmakers who struggle and have struggled with mental health see power in ‘telling the story’

24 April 2023 by Marcus Gordon

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In the spring of 2019, Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota was busy putting the finishing touches on a bill that sought to expand mental health care access for kids in schools.

But in May 2019, on the floor of the US Senate, Smith, delivered a speech about mental health and admitted, “The other reason I want to focus on mental health care while I’m here is that I’m one of them.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/16/politics/mental-health-members-of-congress/index.html

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