of his son who, after being recommended for psychiatric commitment, was sent home because of a lack of available beds. Gus Deeds went on to stab his father before committing suicide. Murphy drafted a bill called the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 422–2 in July 2016. The bill attracted support in the press and with various advocacy organizations, with one writer in The Wall Street Journal pointing out that Murphy's bill was the only one likely to have prevented shootings such as those that felled Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, as well as other victims of a spate of shootings. The bill was later folded into the larger 21st Century Cures Act and included the following provisions: Created the Office of Assistant Secretary of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Mandated better coordination of federal programs, creating an advisory board to oversee the effort. Mandated more scientifically based models to create standards for reviewing grants and mental health program funding. Committee assignments Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Economy Subcommittee on Health Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (chair) Murphy previously served on the Veterans Affairs and Government Reform committees. Caucus memberships Congressional Steel Caucus (chair) 21st Century Healthcare Caucus Congressional Arts Caucus Doctor's Caucus (co-chair) Mental Health Caucus Men's Health Caucus Republican Main Street Partnership United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus Extramarital affair, office chaos, and resignation In early September 2017, Murphy admitted to an extramarital affair with Shannon Edwards, a 32-year-old forensic psychologist. The affair came to light in the course of Edwards' divorce proceedings. On October 3, 2017, Murphy's hometown newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, reported that a text message on January 5 of that year from Edwards to Murphy included the statement, "[Y]ou have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options" in the midst of an unfounded pregnancy scare. To which Murphy replied, "I get what you say about my March for life messages. I've never written them. Staff does them. I read them and winced. I told staff don't write any more. I will." In the same article, the Post-Gazette published a June 8 memorandum from Murphy's chief of staff to Murphy complaining of the congressman's repeated harassment