Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talked about mental health at the Iowa State Alumni Center on Sunday after the shooting at a theater in Lafayette, La., that took three lives and injured nine others last Thursday. 

“We saw what happens when you have mental health problems and guns,” Clinton said.

Clinton said there are too many untreated mental health problems, and those who have them have nowhere to go.

“Sometimes they are a danger to themselves and others. We have to take it seriously,” Clinton said.

Clinton said she was “personally maddened” by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s veto of a bipartisan agreement to keep two of Iowa’s mental health institutions open.

In early July, Branstad’s veto closed mental health facilities in Mount Pleasant and Clarinda.

“There are 28,000 people alone in this state who have serious mental health problems,” Clinton said.

Clinton defends Affordable Care Act

Clinton also defended the Affordable Care Act, but promised to work to improve it.

“The costs are still beyond the reach of many people,” Clinton said.

Clinton said while President Barack Obama has gotten the economy to recover, it needs to start working for everyone again.

“We make it about just as hard as possible to be a worker and a caregiver,” Clinton said.

Clinton touted paid family leave, paid sick days, equal pay, increased minimum wage and called them not just women’s issues but “family income issues.”

She also said it is time for the country to get serious about climate change because it can help stimulate the economy by creating jobs. 

“Right here in Iowa, 30 percent of your energy is coming from wind,” Clinton said.

Clinton said other states should follow Iowa’s lead and help coal workers transition to a new energy economy.

“I don’t want to walk away from anybody who contributed to America,” Clinton said.

Clinton is one of five Democratic presidential candidates running for office in 2016. The visit was her first appearance in Story County since launching her campaign in April.