former congressman, patrick kennedy of rhode island. virginia state senator and singer demi lovato spoke about their experiences with mental health. the national alliance on mental health hosted this event in september. [ applause ]. >>> hello, everyone. welcome to our national convention. i am so excited to see all of you here today. and welcome to our national day of action. i hope you're ready to take some action. we want congress to act. and so today, our supporters here and around the country are going to be calling, e-mailing, tweeting and visiting capitol hill. and when you visit capitol hill, i want you to remember that you are part of the nami movement. we are a movement of people dedicated to providing help and hope to all of those effected by mental illness. a movement that demands a more caring and better mental health care system that provides help to us when we need it and where we need it. a movement -- [ applause ]. >> that's right. a movement that rages against homelessness, emergency rooms, jails and prisons. we've had

former congressman patrick kennedy opened up about his addictions and bipolar disorder. kennedy says instead of shying away from a topic some people think is taboo, he's talking about it. and that may start changing minds when it comes to how we treat the mentally ill. years of continuous sobriety. so that means i haven't used a drink or taken a mood-altering or mind-altering chemical in three and a half years. >> reporter: for patrick ((ñ sobriety an now go hand in hand. to stay sober if he's going to make a change in the way we handle mental illness in america. >> it's setting a new pattern in my life where, you know, sobriety is the norm, not the exception. and that takes a lot of focus. and frankly, as a result of that, i'm able to make a better -- do a bÑuj job advocating for mental health. >> reporter: kennedy has had a long and public battle with addiction. he admitted using cocaine as a teenager and to abusing drugs and alcohol while a college student. he sought treatment for an addiction to pain killers in 2006 after crashing his car late one night on capitol hil

former congressman, patrick kennedy of rhode island.irginia state senator and singer demi lovato spoke about their experiences with mental health. the national alliance on mental health hosted this event in september. [ applause ]. >>> hello, everyone. welcome to our national convention. i am so excited to see all of you here today. and welcome to our national day of action. i hope you're ready to take some action. we want congress to act. and so today, our supporters here and around the country are going to be calling, e-mailing, tweeting and visiting capitol hill. and when you visit capitol hill, i want you to remember that you are part of the nami movement. we are a movement of people dedicated to providing help and hope to all of those effected by mental illness. a movement that demands a more caring and better mental health care system that provides help to us when we need it and where we need it. a movement -- [ applause ]. >> that's right. a movement that rages against homelessness, emergency rooms, jails and prisons. we've had t

patrick kennedy you may recall left congress and he is committed. he sponsored the kennedy forum and committed to the mental health parody is enacted. rules put forth implementation and oversight has not been implemented. i represented the business group on health and a variety of people there we spent go days talking about mental health parody and how employers really will be key to pushing the implementation of it because public health departments don't really have the clout that employers have in washington. it was extremely moving and wonderful to be in president kennedy and senator kennedy's house. and there is a lot of follow up work that i said i would help with and we are looking very closely at mental health. i know we'll have a presentation by kaiser on mental health coming up and making sure we treat mental health just like we treat a physical illness. there should be no difference. that was very exciting and then i attended a presentation with consumer reports with johnson funded program called "choosing wisely" and many organizations hav

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please undersecretary of state patrick kennedy, former state, the of honorable henry kissinger, the therable james baker, honorable madeleine albright, the honorable colin powell, the honorable hillary rodham clinton, accompanied by kerry.ry of state, john and elizabeth bagley. [applause] >> good afternoon. it is my great pleasure to welcome everyone here today for forgroundbreaking ceremony the new united states diplomacy center. we are celebrating the start of the center, af state-of-the-art museum and an that willl resource illustrate the department of state's 225-year history of nation's national security efforts. forndersecretary of state management, my office has long supported this effort. i might be the only member of kerry's leadership team who has actually worked for secretary in attendance, beginning with secretary kissinger. career state department employee, i have the privilege multitudesting the of civil and foreign service employees who who have carried out the vitally important work of diplomacy in our country. they have done this essential work

the ceremony begins with remarks by under secretary of state for management patrick kennedy. this is about 50 minutes .attendance this afternoon, the honorable james baker, the honorable madeleine albright, the honorable colin powell, the honorable hillary rodham clinton accompanied by secretary of state john kerry, ambassador -- [inaudible] [applause] >> good afternoon. it is my great pleasure to welcome everyone here today for the groundbreakinger is mopeny for the new united states diplomacy center. we are celebrating the start of construction of the center, a state of the art museum and educational resource that will ill straight the department of state's 225-year history of supporting our nation's national security efforts. as undersecretary of state for management, my office has long supported this project. i also suspect that i was asked to officiate today because i might be the only member of secretary kerry's leadership team who has actually worked for every single secretary of state in attendance, beginning with secretary kissinger. [applause] as a career state depa

the ceremony begins with remarks by undersecretary of state for management patrick kennedy. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> good afternoon. it is my great pleasure to welcome everyone here today for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new united states diplomacy center. we are celebrating the start of construction of the center, a state of the art museum and educational resource that will illustrate the department of state's 225-year history of supporting our nation's national security efforts. as undersecretary of state for management my office has long supported this project. i also suspected that i was asked to officiate today because i might be the only member of secretary kerry's leadership team who has actually worked for every single secretary of state in attendance beginning with secretary kissinger. [applause] as a career state department employee, i have the privilege of representing the multitudes of civil and foreign service employees, americans and host nationals who have carried out the important work of diplomacy for our country. the men and women of t

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patricks day. yelling, he, his then wife joan kennedy.w it was over. >> that's really funny. and ready for hillary has produce like 3 million names in a database they're ready to hand over to the campaign. >> and they're sophisticated. the people around here on friday, i spent some time with them. they are a sophisticated group. a lot of understanding of how to win republican elections. yes, it's early, but if they don't identify someone to match up with her soon, they're going to be swamped by tens of millions of dollars. >> you say they know how to win presidential elections. does hillary know how to win a presidential election? >> good question. she's going to have to step up. she will not lack for the people would understand the rules of the game, how to raise money and how to make mischief in a republican nomination. >> somebody made this point, willie, last week, that the toughest opponent she's ever had was rick lasio in 2000. he want a lousy campaign in 2000. the only time she put a "w" up on the board. i don't see how she avoids

patrick schwarzenegger. >> why? >> because i love him and he's a kennedy. cod. >> bailey rae kennedy. >> ask not what your country can do for you -- >> ask what you can do for country! >> diplo's a d.j. and went on twitter and started being mean. he said someone should