During Wednesday's town hall, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) was asked about mental health resource funding.
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00:00My name is Tiffany, and I'm here because Trump's administration slash mental health funding
00:12really needed it most. And now RFK Jr. wants to throw mentally ill people into farming
00:18camps and yank them off their meds like it's the 1800s. He's disgusted. As a representative
00:26of Texas, are you going to keep standing by while these dangerous, backwards ideas gain
00:32traction? Or will you finally stand up and fight for real evidence-based mental health
00:37care that actually helps people?
00:45Here's kind of a rub on that. I actually lead Congress in passing legislation for mental health.
00:56Because mental health, mental treatment, cognitive instability is my main focus. And I start
01:02with in the veteran community because it transcends the veteran space. I'm not familiar with what
01:07you were talking about with RFK and what he's doing. And I have addressed this issue about
01:13funding cuts and grant cuts to mental health research from mental health research. So to
01:22answer your question, ma'am, yeah, I absolutely am unborn with what you're saying. And I, every
01:27single day, meet with academia, institutes of higher learning to find the next phase of evolution
01:35to cure mental health. I do that. I have done that since I left the military, and it is my passion.
01:41So ma'am, absolutely.
01:46When I emailed you, now you know who I am. Because I will be emailing you about this.
01:51Okay, ready? Thank you.
01:54Yes ma'am.
02:03Thank you, ma'am.
02:10Thank you, ma'am.