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. When I was in the Michigan State House, I worked on putting mental health counselors in every school. because at the time there, we had a ratio of one student to 750 students to one counselor. So when someone has a mental health issue and most of the kids, this mental health really begins. (39:10–39:18)
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Asserts that he worked on a policy to place mental health counselors in every school while in the Michigan State House.
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