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Brian Schatz: “This is not just a mental health crisis, and it is. It is a…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Brian Schatz Backs Legislation To Create Minimum Age Threshold For Social Media Usage

Published | Video Starts at 04:53

Some of those House bills are constructive moves in the right direction, but they are nibbling around the edges. And when we send something to the president's desk, it cannot be nibbling around the edges. This is not just a mental health crisis, and it is. It is a societal emergency. I yield the floor. (04:53–05:00)

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Asserts that the impact of social media on children is a societal emergency, not just a mental health crisis.

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