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Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born July 14, 1967) is an American politician and mental health advocate. From 1995 to 2011, he served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. He is the founder of the Kennedy Forum, a former member of the President’s Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, and co-founder of One Mind.

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You don't fight cancer with grants, or heart disease with grants.

Cancer, Disease, Fighting, Grants, Heart

In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

Billion, Depression, Gdp, Lost, States, Years

My mother is still battling alcoholism.

Alcoholism, Battling, Mother, Stills

People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction.

Addiction, Disease, Keep, People, Real

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.

Behavior, Creating, Manipulate, Manipulation, Trying, Warfare

A staggering 63 percent of Americans say that addiction to alcohol or other drugs has had an impact on them at some point in their lives.

Addiction, Alcohol, Impact, Percent, Point, Staggering

If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.

American, Class, Class Status, Education, Ifs, Single

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.

Average, Children, Poverty, Rate, State

Our contention is not that medication alone is the answer. We really need to have it in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy and with peer support. And that needs to be reimbursed [by health insurers], because it shows huge reductions in overall spending.

Insurers, Needs, Peer, Peers, Spending, Support

I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.

Basic, Believe, Carrying, Civil, Liberty, Responsibility

Opioid replacement therapy is the standard evidence-based model to treat people with acute opioid addiction, and that is unassailable according to every research study that's been done. If that is the evidence-based model, then why can't we meet the large-scale need that's out there? We can't because one, there aren't enough doctors who can prescribe [drugs like methadone], and two, there are these artificial limits [by insurers] on who doctors can prescribe to.

Addiction, Artificial, Doctors, Therapy, Two, Unassailable

If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.

People, Terrorist, Tragedy, Way

And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds.

Communicate, Communicates, Government, Homeland, Homeland Security, Security

As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.

Alert, Giving, Organization, People, Security, Take

For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.

Age, Funny, Graduate, Graduation, Inspirational, Students

Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.

Facts, Insurance, People, Ratings, Risk

Procrastination is a sign of a perfectionist.

Perfectionist, Procrastination, Sign

Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well.

Abundance, Add, Fails, Littles, Progress, Said

So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

Away, Become, Country, Investing, People, Taxes

In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.

Absence, Broken, Children, Parents, State, Years

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