ppus [applause] the rea ofs efft i th wat a notet. we are not there y f ions of americans sufferi the ravages of cmicahel addictand mental illne. i remember when i first g involved in this effort in 1996. and remember saying, weave a long, hard road because you're going to run into some very poweul special interest. in fact, it reminded me, the other day of my first campaign in 1990 for congressn eltiight i got a bouquet of flowersith aarg, may you restn peace. that is the same reaction i had. my pt i called the forest the next morning and expressed -- in fact, i was also confused ove this message. she said, let me check my messages -- my records. she came back andaid, if you ink you areuzzled, how do you thinkhe guy who's a azeri fields to getatonatio on yo nio pn. you have a long hard road ahead. i wanted thank all of you associated with the implementation coalition for holding that long, hard road with us for being there night and day, some o you said, since the very beginning in 1996. it is about time we treat asiseases the body.s