A resolution recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem, expressing support for the designation of September 8, 2025, as "988 Day" and the role of 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 376 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 376 Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem, expressing support for the designation of September 8, 2025, as ``988 Day'' and the role of 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 8, 2025 Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem, expressing support for the designation of September 8, 2025, as ``988 Day'' and the role of 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this preamble as the ``CDC''), in 2023-- (1) suicide was the second-leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 34; (2) suicide was responsible for more than 49,000 deaths, or about 1 death every 11 minutes; and (3) …