{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bilirakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/participants-announced-bilirakis-hosts-conversation-about-mental", "PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED: Bilirakis Hosts Conversation about Mental Health/Substance Abuse Issues, Featuring Special Guest Rep. Tim Murphy", "2014-12-11", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Gus Bilirakis", "B001257", "bilirakis.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, is honored to host a conversation about Mental Health and Substance Abuse issues, featuring Representative Tim Murphy, clinical psychologist and author of the bipartisan H.R. 3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. The goal of this event is to facilitate dialogue among health care professionals, policymakers, and family members of those struggling with these problems. We will discuss the needs that exist within our community, and the steps that can be taken to improve access to quality treatments.\nOur solution-oriented discussion will focus on how to fix a broken system and ensure better outcomes. One important aspect of this conversation are the treatment options available to our nation's Veterans as they grapple with Post Traumatic Stress and other invisible wounds. One size does not fit all, especially when it comes to an issue as sensitive as mental health, Bilirakis said. I am honored to have Representative Murphy joining me  he is the undisputed leader in Congress on this issue. The good work he is doing will undoubtedly offer substantial improvements in the way this important issue is viewed and the treatment options available to those with mental illness.\nI thank Representative Bilirakis for taking up this legislative cause and for standing shoulder-to-shoulder with me to help those who, for far too long, have been in the shadows of ignorance and despair. We will continue working to bring them into that bright light of hope, and it starts with the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, Representative Murphy said.\nThe event is open to the public and the media.\nWhen:December 16, 2014, starting at 1:00 pm\nWhere:Rasmussen College, 18600 Fernview St. Land O' Lakes, FL 34638, Rooms 102 and 103.\nParticipants\n \nThe Honorable Chris Nocco, Pasco County Sheriff\n\tThe Honorable Bob Dillinger, Public Defender, Pasco/Pinellas Judicial Circuit\n\tNancy Hamilton, CEO of Operation PAR\n\tDoug Leonardo, LCSW, Executive Director of BayCare Behavioral Health\n\tLeigh Massengill, CEO of Medical Center of Trinity\n\tMonica Rousseau, Coordinator of Pasco County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention\n\tRichard Durstein, President of Pinellas NAMI\n\tSaybra Chapman, LMHC, Clinical Coordinator, District School Board of Pasco County\n\tBrian Anderson, Veteran of United States Army and Veteran's Mental Health Advocate\n\tChristopher Wittmann, PA-C, Trinity Pain Center, LLC\n \nMedia RSVP:Ian Martorana (Representative Bilirakis):Ian.Martorana@mail.house.govor 202 225 5755\nBrad Grantz (Representative Murphy):Brad.Grantz@mail.house.govor 202 225 2301", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bilirakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/participants-announced-bilirakis-hosts-conversation-about-mental"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0253541879355907, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}