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health care generally. it is even more acute for behavioral health were not for profits cannot compete for salaries that hospitals and other big players can do. i think that parity in this safety net is something that we, at the national council, think is vital anti told the organizers that i was going to take a few minutes at the end to plug some legislation since we hope people on that hill and excellence in mental health act. it was introduced in the house and that would create capacity. we are talking about taking mental health out of the shadows. you need tothat, have treatment capacity. mental health and addictions need to be treated by it like the rest of health care in the safety net and this bill does that. the other thing we have and we support is a mental health first andill that billbegich representative barber in the house introduced. both of these bills have a wide bipartisan support. this is really mental health first aid designed to help answer and tea ....
anxiously awaited his term. he was only 37-years-old and about to confront the most powerful forces in american politics with his own future and that of the democratic party hanging in the balance. .. to support a minority report, a report that spells out our democracy, a report that the people of this country can and will understand and they report that they will enthusiastically acclaim on the greatest u.s. civil rights. for those who say that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, i say to them, we are 172 years late. [cheers and applause] humphrey to a line in the sand and his words reverberated throughout the country and 60 million people listened. the time has arrived in america for the democratic party to get out of the shadows of state right and to walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights. [cheers and applause] after the speech, the applause lasted over 10 minutes. when the final vote was taken on the civil rights plane, humphrey an ....