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Sept. 19, 2018 Durbin And Bustos Highlight Key Provisions In Fight Against Opioid Epidemic Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 18, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Address Opioid Crisis Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 18, 2018 Durbin Introduces New Compromise Legislation To Lift IMD Exclusion, Help More Americans Get Treatment For Addiction Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 17, 2018 Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 14, 2018 Durbin Highlights Successes In Senate's Bipartisan Opioid Package Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "There is a growing recognition that we need to take a serious look at how many of these pills are allowed to flood our markets & streets. We cannot continue to lose 115 Americans each day - more than 42,000 a year - to opioid overdoses. Prevention is critical." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Sens. Kennedy (R-La.) And Durbin (D-Ill.) Praise The DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Third Year In A Row Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Today I joined my colleague @SenJohnKennedy in commending the DEA for taking steps--three years in a row--to reduce the number of opioids allowed to be produced in the U.S. by Big Pharma https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-kennedy-applaud-dea-for-lowering-opioid-quotas-for-third-year-in-a-row …" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Durbin, Kennedy Applaud DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Third Year In A Row Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2018 Tweet - "There's not a zip code in America that isn't grappling with the effect of opioids and fentanyl in their communities. I'm working on several bills to tackle this epidemic and address addiction in America." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2018 Tweet - "There are solutions on the table both parties can agree on to fight this scourge - like strengthening DEA and FDA oversight of Big Pharma, promoting responsible prescribing, expanding drug treatment, and supporting our first responders." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Bost Hosts Opioid Task Force Rep. Mike Bost
July 31, 2018 Letter to Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Linda Sánchez Leads Bipartisan Letter to Help Secure CDC Funding for Major U.S. Cities to Fight Opioid Crisis Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 19, 2018 Tweet - "I'm glad Pres. Trump commuted Ms. Johnson's sentence. Now he should support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill w/ @ChuckGrassley which would repeal mandatory minimums that leave thousands more serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses #cjreform" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 17, 2018 Tweet - "Law enforcement leaders support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill because they know long, mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenses make us less safe and that we can't incarcerate our way out of this drug epidemic." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 6, 2018 Letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Senators Call on CDC to better Support Forensic Medicine as Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "With the worst drug crisis in our nation's history, ICE and DHS should spend their resources on keeping drugs out and stopping drug money from being exported to gangs and cartels south of the border." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018 Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana at Federal Level Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 15, 2018 Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 Rep. Brad Schneider
June 14, 2018 Problem Solvers Caucus Announces Support for SITSA Act to Fight Drug Trafficking Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
June 14, 2018 Effects of the Opioid Epidemic Rep. Mike Bost
June 14, 2018 Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018 Rep. Danny Davis
June 13, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "I support this commutation and urge @realDonaldTrump to support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill with @ChuckGrassley. It would repeal the unjust law that leaves thousands of others like Alice Johnson still serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses." Sen. Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018 US House Passes Rep. Krishnamoorthi's Amendment Requiring Department of Defense to Report on Plans to Treat and Prevent Opioid Use Among Families of Servicemembers Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
May 24, 2018 Bost Backs Legislative Package to Combat Opioid Crisis Rep. Mike Bost
May 24, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill To Address Flow Of Opioids In American Sen. Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018 Hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Davis Markup on the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act Rep. Danny Davis
May 21, 2018 Sinema Bill to Combat Senior Opioid Epidemic Clears Key Hurdle Rep. Mike Bost, ...
May 18, 2018 Foster Advances Bipartisan Legislation to Help Women and Infants with Opioid Dependency Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 16, 2018 Feinstein, Grassley, Capito, Durbin Introduce Bill to Prevent Diversion of Opioids Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 11, 2018 Durbin Reintroduces Legislation to Combat Opioid Over-Production and Over-Prescribing Sen. Dick Durbin
May 11, 2018 Tweet - "Every day, 115 Americans die from an opioid overdose. From prevention to treatment, all stakeholders--government, industry, medical community, and law enforcement--have a duty to do what we can to combat this epidemic." Sen. Dick Durbin
May 4, 2018 Manchin, Durbin and Markey Urge FDA to Remove High-Dose Opioids From the Market Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 3, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottllieb, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Markey, Durbin, Manchin Press FDA to Heed Public Health Requests, Remove Ultra-High Dosage Opioids From the Market Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 2, 2018 Tweet - "Four out of five heroin users report that their addiction began with a prescription for opioids. We need to look at the upstream factors causing this crisis, like drug companies that flood the market with 14 billion opioid tablets a year." Sen. Dick Durbin
April 26, 2018 Adapt Act Rep. Brad Schneider
April 25, 2018 Schakowsky: Republicans Are "Burying Their Heads in the Sand' on Prescription Drug Costs Rep. Jan Schakowsky
April 25, 2018 Lahood, Davis, Kinzinger, And Clarke Introduce Bill To Fight Opioid Abuse Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
April 25, 2018 Letter to Greg Walden, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Rural Relief Members Lay Out Priorities to Combat Opioid Crisis Rep. Mike Bost, ...
April 24, 2018 Schneider, Brooks Introduce the Adapt Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
April 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. José Serrano, Subcommittee Ranking Member - Effectively Address Opioid Crisis In Fiscal Year 2019 Spending Bill Rep. Danny Davis, ...
April 13, 2018 FDA Answers Brown, Blumenthal, Durbin Call to Ban Deadly Powdered Caffeine Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. José Serrano, Subcommittee Ranking Member - Effectively Address Opioid Crisis In Fiscal Year 2019 Spending Bill Rep. Danny Davis, ...
April 12, 2018 Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi Leads Oversight Committee Hearing On Local Efforts To Combat The Opioid Epidemic And How Congress Can Better Support Them Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 11, 2018 Durbin Questions Trump Administration On Its New War On Drugs Sen. Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018 Durbin, Winnebago County Leaders Discuss Efforts To Combat Opioid Crisis, New Funding In Federal Spending Bill Sen. Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018 Foster Statement on Trump Opioid Plan Rep. Bill Foster
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Rep. Sewell Leads Funding Letters on Sickle Cell Research, Rural Medicare Payments, Poison Control, and Health Disparities Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018 Durbin Statement On New White House War On Drugs Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Sept. 19, 2018 Durbin And Bustos Highlight Key Provisions In Fight Against Opioid Epidemic Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 18, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Address Opioid Crisis Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 18, 2018 Durbin Introduces New Compromise Legislation To Lift IMD Exclusion, Help More Americans Get Treatment For Addiction Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 17, 2018 Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 14, 2018 Durbin Highlights Successes In Senate's Bipartisan Opioid Package Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "There is a growing recognition that we need to take a serious look at how many of these pills are allowed to flood our markets & streets. We cannot continue to lose 115 Americans each day - more than 42,000 a year - to opioid overdoses. Prevention is critical." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Sens. Kennedy (R-La.) And Durbin (D-Ill.) Praise The DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Third Year In A Row Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Today I joined my colleague @SenJohnKennedy in commending the DEA for taking steps--three years in a row--to reduce the number of opioids allowed to be produced in the U.S. by Big Pharma https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-kennedy-applaud-dea-for-lowering-opioid-quotas-for-third-year-in-a-row …" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Durbin, Kennedy Applaud DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Third Year In A Row Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2018 Tweet - "There's not a zip code in America that isn't grappling with the effect of opioids and fentanyl in their communities. I'm working on several bills to tackle this epidemic and address addiction in America." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2018 Tweet - "There are solutions on the table both parties can agree on to fight this scourge - like strengthening DEA and FDA oversight of Big Pharma, promoting responsible prescribing, expanding drug treatment, and supporting our first responders." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Bost Hosts Opioid Task Force Rep.Mike Bost
July 31, 2018 Letter to Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Linda Sánchez Leads Bipartisan Letter to Help Secure CDC Funding for Major U.S. Cities to Fight Opioid Crisis Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 19, 2018 Tweet - "I'm glad Pres. Trump commuted Ms. Johnson's sentence. Now he should support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill w/ @ChuckGrassley which would repeal mandatory minimums that leave thousands more serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses #cjreform" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 17, 2018 Tweet - "Law enforcement leaders support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill because they know long, mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenses make us less safe and that we can't incarcerate our way out of this drug epidemic." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 6, 2018 Letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Senators Call on CDC to better Support Forensic Medicine as Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "With the worst drug crisis in our nation's history, ICE and DHS should spend their resources on keeping drugs out and stopping drug money from being exported to gangs and cartels south of the border." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018 Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana at Federal Level Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 15, 2018 Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 Rep.Brad Schneider
June 14, 2018 Problem Solvers Caucus Announces Support for SITSA Act to Fight Drug Trafficking Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
June 14, 2018 Effects of the Opioid Epidemic Rep.Mike Bost
June 14, 2018 Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018 Rep.Danny Davis
June 13, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "I support this commutation and urge @realDonaldTrump to support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill with @ChuckGrassley. It would repeal the unjust law that leaves thousands of others like Alice Johnson still serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses." Sen.Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018 US House Passes Rep. Krishnamoorthi's Amendment Requiring Department of Defense to Report on Plans to Treat and Prevent Opioid Use Among Families of Servicemembers Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
May 24, 2018 Bost Backs Legislative Package to Combat Opioid Crisis Rep.Mike Bost
May 24, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill To Address Flow Of Opioids In American Sen.Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018 Hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Davis Markup on the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act Rep.Danny Davis
May 21, 2018 Sinema Bill to Combat Senior Opioid Epidemic Clears Key Hurdle Rep.Mike Bost, ...
May 18, 2018 Foster Advances Bipartisan Legislation to Help Women and Infants with Opioid Dependency Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 16, 2018 Feinstein, Grassley, Capito, Durbin Introduce Bill to Prevent Diversion of Opioids Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 11, 2018 Durbin Reintroduces Legislation to Combat Opioid Over-Production and Over-Prescribing Sen.Dick Durbin
May 11, 2018 Tweet - "Every day, 115 Americans die from an opioid overdose. From prevention to treatment, all stakeholders--government, industry, medical community, and law enforcement--have a duty to do what we can to combat this epidemic." Sen.Dick Durbin
May 4, 2018 Manchin, Durbin and Markey Urge FDA to Remove High-Dose Opioids From the Market Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 3, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottllieb, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Markey, Durbin, Manchin Press FDA to Heed Public Health Requests, Remove Ultra-High Dosage Opioids From the Market Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 2, 2018 Tweet - "Four out of five heroin users report that their addiction began with a prescription for opioids. We need to look at the upstream factors causing this crisis, like drug companies that flood the market with 14 billion opioid tablets a year." Sen.Dick Durbin
April 26, 2018 Adapt Act Rep.Brad Schneider
April 25, 2018 Schakowsky: Republicans Are "Burying Their Heads in the Sand' on Prescription Drug Costs Rep.Jan Schakowsky
April 25, 2018 Lahood, Davis, Kinzinger, And Clarke Introduce Bill To Fight Opioid Abuse Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
April 25, 2018 Letter to Greg Walden, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Rural Relief Members Lay Out Priorities to Combat Opioid Crisis Rep.Mike Bost, ...
April 24, 2018 Schneider, Brooks Introduce the Adapt Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
April 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. José Serrano, Subcommittee Ranking Member - Effectively Address Opioid Crisis In Fiscal Year 2019 Spending Bill Rep.Danny Davis, ...
April 13, 2018 FDA Answers Brown, Blumenthal, Durbin Call to Ban Deadly Powdered Caffeine Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. José Serrano, Subcommittee Ranking Member - Effectively Address Opioid Crisis In Fiscal Year 2019 Spending Bill Rep.Danny Davis, ...
April 12, 2018 Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi Leads Oversight Committee Hearing On Local Efforts To Combat The Opioid Epidemic And How Congress Can Better Support Them Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 11, 2018 Durbin Questions Trump Administration On Its New War On Drugs Sen.Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018 Durbin, Winnebago County Leaders Discuss Efforts To Combat Opioid Crisis, New Funding In Federal Spending Bill Sen.Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018 Foster Statement on Trump Opioid Plan Rep.Bill Foster
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Rep. Sewell Leads Funding Letters on Sickle Cell Research, Rural Medicare Payments, Poison Control, and Health Disparities Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018 Durbin Statement On New White House War On Drugs Sen.Dick Durbin
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