Constituent Presses Morgan Luttrell About The Trump Administration ‘Slashing’ Mental Health Funding

During Wednesday's town hall, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) was asked about mental health resource funding.

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00:00My name is Tiffany, and I'm here because Trump's administration slash mental health funding

00:12really needed it most. And now RFK Jr. wants to throw mentally ill people into farming

00:18camps and yank them off their meds like it's the 1800s. He's disgusted. As a representative

00:26of Texas, are you going to keep standing by while these dangerous, backwards ideas gain

00:32traction? Or will you finally stand up and fight for real evidence-based mental health

00:37care that actually helps people?

00:45Here's kind of a rub on that. I actually lead Congress in passing legislation for mental health.

00:56Because mental health, mental treatment, cognitive instability is my main focus. And I start

01:02with in the veteran community because it transcends the veteran space. I'm not familiar with what

01:07you were talking about with RFK and what he's doing. And I have addressed this issue about

01:13funding cuts and grant cuts to mental health research from mental health research. So to

01:22answer your question, ma'am, yeah, I absolutely am unborn with what you're saying. And I, every

01:27single day, meet with academia, institutes of higher learning to find the next phase of evolution

01:35to cure mental health. I do that. I have done that since I left the military, and it is my passion.

01:41So ma'am, absolutely.

01:46When I emailed you, now you know who I am. Because I will be emailing you about this.

01:51Okay, ready? Thank you.

01:54Yes ma'am.

02:03Thank you, ma'am.

02:10Thank you, ma'am.