Before his first major address in his new leadership role on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke with "CBS This Morning" about the Congressional response to mass shootings after Wednesday's deadly rampage in San Bernardino, California.
"What we have seen -- and a common theme among many of these mass shootings -- is a theme of mental illness," Ryan said early Thursday. "And we need to fix our mental illness laws, our policies. They're outdated. And that is something that we are working on right now."
The House speaker touted legislation introduced by Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pennsylvania, that would revamp the country's mental health systems. Among other steps, the measure would create an assistant secretary position in the Department of Health and Human Services to address mental illness and fix a shortage of beds in psychiatric hospitals.
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