Senator Tina Smith
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I can provide that, Mr. Chair.
I have some experience with this myself, Mr. Kennedy.
This is personal for me.
When I was a young woman and I was struggling with depression, thankfully, I had the resources to help me get through it, including...
A new generation of SSRI uptake re inhibit inhibitors, which helped to clear my mind.
Get me back on track to being a mom and a wife and a productive, happy person.
And I'm really grateful for that therapy.
So I have some experience with this, and I think that everyone
Should have access to that care and your job as secretary is to expand access to care, not to spread lies and misinformation.
And, you know, the things that you say, Mr Kennedy, they live on.
They have impact.
And you know, we're having this conversation at the same moment.
That my Republican colleagues are looking to try to figure out how to save money any way they can.
So they want to cut Medicaid.
Let's just think about this for a minute, because you're going to be should you be confirmed, you would be responsible for CMS, which provides mental and behavioral health care to millions of Americans, close to 40% of folks on Medicaid.
have a behavioral health condition.
And you would be part of this administration that would be looking to cut Medicaid.
So, Mr. Kennedy, these statements that you've made linking antidepressants to school shootings, they reinforce the stigma
That people who experience mental health every day face every single day, and I'm very concerned that this is another example of your record.
Of sharing false and misleading information that actually really hurts people.
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