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Tammy Baldwin: “The Trump administration last year abruptly ended the [988…”

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Published May 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:59

And by the way, the study that showed this was having a very positive impact on reducing suicide said that 1 in 10 calls to the 988 hotline people utilized the press 3 option. But what happened there is The Trump administration last year abruptly ended the [988 hotline] service [option] for LGBTQ youth. and defended that by saying, well, we want to treat everyone the same. We don't want to discriminate. (04:59–05:30)

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Asserts that the Trump administration ended the 988 hotline service option for LGBTQ youth.

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“The 988 hotline has led to a 10-11% reduction in youth suicide.”
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“The restoration of the Press 3 option [for LGBTQ youth on the 988 hotline] was written into our appropriations law for the fiscal year 2026.”
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“The Press one option for veterans [on the 988 hotline] was kept, but the service Press three for LGBTQ youth was eliminated.”
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“We have [Secretary Kennedy's] public commitment to make sure [the Press 3 option for LGBTQ youth] does [get restored].”
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“I have a bill that is bipartisan with Senator Lisa Murkowski that would write into statute that a Press three option has to exist.”
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“In this most recently passed bill that Donald Trump signed into law, we had to put guardrails that we've never had to put in to our…”
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“We had to write into law, into the appropriations law that they have to maintain staffing sufficient for their mission.”
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“Wisconsin had an example like that when there was a lead crisis in a number of our elementary schools. We had 3,000 students displaced and…”
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“When we fielded [the 988 line] in 2022, we understood that there were more people we're going to call than we're going to than previously…”
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“We needed to plus up funding in HHS and SAMHSA in particular to back up that fielding of the 988 line.”
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“We saw thousands fewer grants awarded last year, last fiscal year and were very worried that they would continue to act in that vein.”
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“The administration has wanted to move into doing [forward funding] more and more and more.”
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“Funding is one of the things that is making it harder, but also the lack of commitment to just increasing the overall research enterprise in…”
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