I am a recovering alcoholic.

I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.

People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction.

If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.

In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

My mother is still battling alcoholism.

And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds.