Like to welcome to stage politico Vice President for client partnerships, heidi summer. Up next, white house counselor to former President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway and Samantha Power on Health Policies in the u. S. And spoke at Politico Health care summit in washington, d. C. Good afternoon, everyone, im ryan, the coauthor of playbook and the host of politicos playbook deep dive podcast and in addition to this being a public conversation here for you all, its actually our first live taping of the deep dive podcast, so thank you for joining you want to know more at this podcast, theres a q. R. Code in our program so please check that out. Welcome and thar you doing this. Thank you for having me. Thank you, everyone. Were headed into a rematch between former President Trump and President Joe Biden and the politics of health care will be central in this campai, and whoever wins this election, Health Care Policy will surely be central to house. Kellyanne, you were President Trumps ca
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] thank you all very much for being here, and were going to continue this discussion on the issue of enormous concern for the american people. Senator murphy was going to introduce ms. Russelltucker but, unfortunately, he is detained. Let me begin introducing her, that is ms. Russelltucker was appointed commissioner of the Connecticut Department of education in 2021. Previously she served as chief operating officer division chief of the Departments Office of student supports and organizational effectiveness. Ms. Russelltucker, thanks so much for being with us. Thank you. Good morning, chairman sanders, Ranking Member cassidy, and members of the Senate Committee on Health Education labor and pension. I am charlene russelltucker come commissioner of education and connecticut. I am honored to share critical information regarding the Youth Mental Health crisis and
Chair Sanders Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. And were delighted to welcome our panelists who were going to hear from in a few minutes. Let me begin by telling everybody what they already know and that is it is no great secret that in America Today we have a Mental Health crisis and that crisis has been exacerbated by the horrific covid pandemic, which we have experienced. And this is a crisis that has hit all of us, but i think especially the younger generation. In America Today, 40 of parents report being either very or extremely worried that their child is struggling with anxiety or depression. According to a recent survey by the centers for disease control, nearly one out of every three teenagers in america reported that the state of their Mental Health was poor. Two out of every five teenagers felt persistently sad or hopeless. And tragically one out of every five teenagers in our country have seriously considered suicide. How frighte
[chatter] [indistinct conversations] [chairman bangs gavel] chair sanders thank you very much for being here. We are going to continue this discussion on this issue of enormous concern to the american people. Senator murphy was going to introduce russell tucker, unfortunately he is detained. Let me begin by introducing her. Mrs. Russelltucker was appointed commissioner of the Connecticut Department of education in 2021. Previously she served as chief operating officer, division chief for the Departments Office of student supports and organizational effectiveness. Mrs. Russelltucker thanks for being with us. Mrs. Russelltucker thank you. Good morning, chairman sanders, Ranking Member cassidy, and members of the Senate Committee on health, education, labor, and pension. I am charlene russelltucker commissioner of education in connecticut. I give you information on Youth Mental Health crisis and connecticuts response to support the needs for students. My big goal is to ensure every Connec
Thank you. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming out. I know it has been a busy weekend for you all. This is the kind of thing that we want to be involved in. This is the kind of thing we want to be able to interact with members of congress and see what their positions are. Like a lot of journalists, i am a fan of the wire, the series. There is a great line, one of my favorite characters on the show, Lester Freeman had early on which was all of the pieces matter. That is the case here. All of these forums matter. All of these candidates matter. All of their policy decisions matter. All of their voters matter. The way they interact with people, the way they talk to voters and the way they talk to unions and their way to talk to the press, it all matters. We want to be a part of that. That is why we are so happy to be here and so happy to be a part of this form. I would like to introduce our moderator, Lisa Matthews to the forum. Lisa is a 20 plus Associated Press veteran. She is