Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks

The way we approach mental health care has to change, and H.R. 2646 shifts support to evidence-based treatment and care methods that will work better for people struggling with mental illness and their families while expanding access to treatment to those who live in rural areas or underserved communities using innovative technologies to connect doctors to patients.

Ransom payments to countries like Iran – the largest state sponsor of terrorism – only serve to fund terrorist activities and encourage Iran to take more hostages, further endangering American citizens abroad. Brooks voted in favor of H.R. 5931, the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act, to make it clear that the Obama Administration violated longstanding U.S. policy by paying ransom for the return of American held hostages by Iran in untraceable currency.

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Rep. Susan Brooks listened to the concerns of more than a dozen police departments from the eight counties she represents to inform her work as a member of the Bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group in Congress. Representatives from each department touched on major issues regarding all areas of law enforcement, from police and community safety to policing strategies and the struggle to afford body cameras.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the conference report to accompany S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, by a bipartisan vote of 407-5. This legislation is comprised of proposals passed in the House and Senate to address the heroin and opioid epidemic that is claiming 78 American lives each day.