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Andrea Salinas: “I have actually targeted an area and it's a bipartisan bill…”

Featuring: Andrea Salinas, Democratic | U.S. House, Oregon, District 6

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Watch Live: Mental health awareness with Oregon Rep. Andrea Salinas

Published | Video Starts at 05:15

Yeah. So I know that in our rural communities there is a lot of stigma around trying to access health care, behavioral, mental health care. And so I have actually targeted an area and it's a bipartisan bill that I've brought Forward with one of my colleagues from Tennessee who is a Republican for the farming, fishing and forestry communities. We know that a lot of times folks who are working in agricultural industry have a harder time. They typically take on more debt, they have a lot more stress, they don't have a lot of time. (05:15–05:28)

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Asserts that she introduced a bipartisan bill for mental health support in farming, fishing, and forestry communities.

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