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Shri Thanedar: “One of the things that I do now in Congress is focus on…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 38:53

So my current wife, who I have been married now for 26 years now, had to help me raise my boys. But that pain of losing my first wife, the mother of my children, never went away. And One of the things that I do now in Congress is focus on mental health, mental illness. making sure that the government, our Medicaid, our Medicare programs have sufficient funding for mental health services that we bring. (38:53–39:00)

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