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Senate Republican chokes up as he talks about how mental illness impacted his family

Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who is slated to take over in January as ranking member of the influential Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, told CNN’s Pamela Brown, “every single one of us has a family history. A loved one, a friend, someone you know, that has serious mental illness.”