Recent Congressional Statements on Opioids

Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate issue press releases and other statements on multiple topics via their official websites. Represent regularly checks for new statements and posts links to them here. You can search the titles and text of the statements.

Recent Topics Impeachments

Date	Member	Party	State / District	Title
Sept. 19, 2017	Sherrod Brown	D	Ohio	Brown, Donnelly Urge Federal Reserve to Help Combat Opioid Epidemic
Sept. 18, 2017	John B. Larson	D	Conn.-1	Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announces Over $2 Million in Mental Health and Opioid Abuse Treatment Funding
Sept. 18, 2017	Christopher S. Murphy	D	Conn.	CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES OVER $2 MILLION IN MENTAL HEALTH AND OPIOID ABUSE TREATMENT FUNDING
Sept. 18, 2017	Richard Blumenthal	D	Conn.	Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announces Over $2 Million in Mental Health and Opioid Abuse Treatment Funding
Sept. 13, 2017	Bill Foster	D	Ill.-11	Fight the opioid epidemic with science
Sept. 15, 2017	Richard Hudson	R	N.C.-9	Hudson Applauds Cabarrus County's Response to Opioid Epidemic
Sept. 13, 2017	Brian Fitzpatrick	R	Pa.-1	OP-ED: Working together to defeat the opioid epidemic
Sept. 11, 2017	Tammy Baldwin	D	Wis.	Baldwin Demands Action and Answers on Opioid Crisis Since Trump Administration Announcement of Intent to Declare National Emergency
Sept. 11, 2017	Richard Blumenthal	D	Conn.	Blumenthal, Senators Demand Action and Answers on Opioid Crisis Since Trump Administration Announcement of Intent to Declare National Emergency
Sept. 11, 2017	Edward J. Markey	D	Mass.	Senators Demand Action and Answers on Opioid Crisis Since Trump Administration Announcement of Intent to Declare National Emergency
Sept. 11, 2017	Sheldon Whitehouse	D	R.I.	Reed, Whitehouse Demand Action on Opioid Crisis Since Trump Administration Announcement of Intent to Declare National Emergency
Sept. 6, 2017	Elizabeth Warren	D	Mass.	Warren and Capito Press FDA, Governors, and Medical Organizations to Implement New Partial Fill Law in Battle Against National Opioid Crisis
Sept. 8, 2017	Joni Ernst	R	Iowa	Grassley, Ernst Urge Evaluation of Drug Take Back Programs in Federal Anti-opioid Abuse Report
Sept. 15, 2017	Amy Klobuchar	D	Minn.	Klobuchar Announces Major Federal Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis in Minnesota
Sept. 11, 2017	Jeanne Shaheen	D	N.H.	Shaheen & Hassan Demand Action and Answers on Opioid Crisis since Trump Administration Announcement of Intent to Declare National Emergency
Sept. 8, 2017	Charles E. Grassley	R	Iowa	Grassley, Ernst Urge Evaluation of Drug Take Back Programs in Federal Anti-opioid Abuse Report
Sept. 8, 2017	Shelley Moore Capito	R	W.Va.	Capito Presses FDA, Governors, Medical Organizations to Implement New Partial Fill Law in Battle Against National Opioid Crisis
Sept. 7, 2017	Jeanne Shaheen	D	N.H.	Shaheen Calls for More Bipartisan Efforts to Boost Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Aug. 29, 2017	Angus King	I	Maine	At Acadia Family Center Speaker Series on Opioids, King Highlights Bipartisan Push to Expand Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid
Aug. 30, 2017	Rosa DeLauro	D	Conn.-3	DeLauro Reiterates Call for Public Health Emergency Funding to Address Opioid Epidemic
Sept. 4, 2017	Tom Cole	R	Okla.-4	The Opioid Crisis
Aug. 31, 2017	Robert E. Latta	R	Ohio-5	Latta Discusses Opioid Epidemic with Local Law Enforcement
Aug. 29, 2017	Robert E. Latta	R	Ohio-5	Latta Discusses Opioid Epidemic with Pharmacists at ONU
Aug. 30, 2017	Tammy Baldwin	D	Wis.	KDLH: Digging Deeper: Senator Baldwin Back for Opioid Update
Aug. 30, 2017	John Boozman	R	Ark.	The Opioid Crisis: Inaction is Not an Option
Aug. 29, 2017	Susan Collins	R	Maine	Following Announcement Of National Opioid Emergency, Durbin And Bipartisan Sponsors Of Medicaid Care Act Press Trump To Heed Own Commissions Recommendations And Expand Access To Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid
Aug. 24, 2017	Elizabeth Warren	D	Mass.	Senator Warren Releases Findings of Innovative Survey of Massachusetts Addiction Treatment Providers, Pledges Support for Opioid Epidemic Response Efforts
Aug. 28, 2017	Richard Blumenthal	D	Conn.	Blumenthal Statement on Increase in Fatal Opioid Overdoses in Connecticut
Aug. 24, 2017	Mike Bost	R	Ill.-12	Bost Hosts Opioid Task Force Meeting
Aug. 24, 2017	Shelley Moore Capito	R	W.Va.	Capito Continues to Lead Efforts to Address Opioid Crisis, Hosts Drug Official, Stakeholders in Charleston
Aug. 24, 2017	Tammy Baldwin	D	Wis.	U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Announces Funding to Expand NorthLakes Community Clinic in Ashland to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Aug. 24, 2017	Brian Fitzpatrick	R	Pa.-1	Pennsbury forms task force to explore ways to better fight drug abuse
Aug. 23, 2017	Tammy Baldwin	D	Wis.	U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Statement on VA Inspector General Report of Zablocki VA Medical Center Opioid Prescribing Practices
Aug. 23, 2017	Edward J. Markey	D	Mass.	Senator Markey Statement on Latest Quarterly Data on Opioid Epidemic in Massachusetts
Aug. 22, 2017	Bill Foster	D	Ill.-11	Press Release: Foster Leads Bipartisan Letter to President Trump Urging Implementation of Opioid Commission Recommendations
Aug. 21, 2017	Debbie Dingell	D	Mich.-6	Reps. Dingell, Walberg Join Sheriff Clayton for Opioid Town Hall
Aug. 21, 2017	Susan Collins	R	Maine	ICYMI: From the Bangor Waterfront, Senator Collins Discusses Health Care Reform, Opioid Crisis on MSNBCs Live With Hallie Jackson
Aug. 21, 2017	Shelley Moore Capito	R	W.Va.	Capito, Manchin Announce New Funding for WVU to Address Opioid Crisis
Aug. 11, 2017	Ann McLane Kuster	D	N.H.-2	Learn from New Hampshire as it battles the opioid epidemic
Aug. 17, 2017	John Hoeven	R	N.D.	Hoeven Outlines Efforts to Address Opioid Abuse, Drug Trafficking
Aug. 16, 2017	Richard J. Durbin	D	Ill.	Durbin Highlights Impact Of Community Health Centers In Fight Against Opioid Epidemic During National Health Center Week
Aug. 17, 2017	Hank Johnson	D	Ga.-4	Rockdale receives federal opioid grant
Aug. 16, 2017	Martin Heinrich	D	N.M.	Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce New Project to Fight Opioid Crisis in Rio Arriba County
Aug. 11, 2017	Harold Rogers	R	Ky.-5	STATEMENT: Rogers Applauds President Trump's National Emergency Declaration for the Opioid Crisis
Aug. 11, 2017	Chellie Pingree	D	Maine-1	Pingree Statement on President Trumps National Emergency Declaration for Opioid Epidemic
Aug. 10, 2017	John Hoeven	R	N.D.	Hoeven Statement on President Declaring Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency
Aug. 10, 2017	Ann McLane Kuster	D	N.H.-2	Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Encouraged by Announcement of Opioid Epidemic as National Emergency
Aug. 11, 2017	Brian Fitzpatrick	R	Pa.-1	Trump announces he will declare opioid epidemic a national emergency
Aug. 10, 2017	Shelley Moore Capito	R	W.Va.	Capito Statement on Presidents Decision to Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency
Aug. 10, 2017	Kevin Cramer	R	N.D.	CRAMER: Statement on President Trump Declaring Opioid Abuse a National Emergency

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