Tammy Baldwin: “I co led bipartisan legislation to create the 988 hotline…”

“I think those have to be the two priorities in making sure we have a robust network of partners able to step up. One other thing I would mention, and so a number of years ago, I co led bipartisan legislation to create the 988 hotline for those who don't know what that is. That's a suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. There's always been one, but it used to be a ten digit number that nobody knew. Right.” (04:40–04:51)

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