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March 19, 2018 Foster Statement on Trump Opioid Plan Rep. Bill Foster
March 16, 2018 Letter to Chairman John Culberson and Ranking Member Jose Serrano, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Add Marijuana Amendment to the FY2019 Budget Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 16, 2018 Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Protect ONDCP's Budget Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 15, 2018 Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Expand CARA Funding Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 12, 2018 U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) Introduces Bipartisan Opioid Quota Reform Bill Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 12, 2018 Tweet - "Every day, more than 100 Americans die from an opioid overdose. While we know that there are legitimate uses for opioid painkillers, we also know that these dangerous pills are being over-produced, over-prescribed, and over-dispensed." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 9, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader, the Honorable Rodney Frelignhuysen, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee, and the Honorable Nite Lowey, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Committee - No Funding for DEA Cannabis Eradication Program Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senator Cantwell, Colleagues Call for Increased Investment in Student Health, Safety Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee Labor - Schneider Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Funding for Next-generation Opioid Overdose Antidotes Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Feb. 28, 2018 House Energy And Commerce Committee Considers Schneider Opioid Legislation Rep. Brad Schneider
Feb. 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Respect State Marijuana Laws Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Feb. 2, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, the Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Committee - Include Opioid Crisis Emergency Funding in Next Government Funding Bill Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Jan. 30, 2018 Foster Statement on State of the Union Address Rep. Bill Foster
Jan. 25, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Senators Murray, Cantwell, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge President Trump to Keep Campaign Promise on State Marijuana Laws Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Jan. 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Jan. 19, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges President to Renew Public Health Emergency Declaration and Provide Adequate Funding Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Jan. 18, 2018 "Growing opioid crisis is NOT a priority for this White House or this President," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly Rep. Robin Kelly
Jan. 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the House, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member on the Committee on Appropriations - Push for Marijuana Fix Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Tweet - "Between 1993 & 2015, DEA allowed production of oxycodone to increase 39-fold and hydrocodone to increase 12-fold. With higher quotas, opioid prescriptions soared -- from 76 million in 1991 to 245 million in 2014 -- and overdose deaths quadrupled to more than 33,000 in 2015." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of Office of Management and Budget - Additional Federal Opioid Relief Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - "More than 91 Americans die every day from our nation's opioid crisis. Last year, the US Surgeon General sent these @CDCgov guidelines on responsible opioid prescribing to every doctor in the country." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 28, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Rohrabacher Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Continuation of Policy Protecting State Medical Marijuana Laws Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Nov. 3, 2017 Durbin Statement On Trump's Opioid Commission Recommendations Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 3, 2017 Tweet - "Glad to join #SmartDecar17 at @UChicagoSSA today to discuss ways to break the cycle of recidivism and end mass incarceration" Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 2, 2017 Foster Statement on the President's Opioid Commission Report Rep. Bill Foster
Oct. 26, 2017 Foster Statement on Declaration of Opioid Crisis as a Public Health Emergency Rep. Bill Foster
Oct. 24, 2017 Bost Votes To Stem Fentanyl Flow Into U.S. Rep. Mike Bost
Oct. 20, 2017 Letter to Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Patterson, Acting Administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration - Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 19, 2017 Durbin Backs Fix To Bill That Weakened DEA Opioid Oversight Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 19, 2017 Letter to Robert W. Patterson, DEA - Answers about DEA's Relationship with Pharma Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 28, 2017 Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Ensure Transparency & Accountability In DEA Quotas For Prescription Opioid Painkillers Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2017 On Overdose Awareness Day, Duckworth Announces Funding to Help Illinoisans Fight Opioid Crisis Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 29, 2017 Following Announcement Of National Opioid Emergency, Durbin And Bipartisan Sponsors Of Medicaid Care Act Press Trump To Heed Own Commission's Recommendations And Expand Access To Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Implementation of Opioid Commission Recommendations Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Aug. 4, 2017 Letter to the Honorable Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - FDA Tobacco Regulations Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 4, 2017 Durbin Applauds DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Second Year In A Row Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2017 Congressman Darin LaHood Welcomes Secretary Price to Quincy for Roundtable Discussion Rep. Darin LaHood
Aug. 3, 2017 Durbin Presses DEA Administrator To Lower 2018 Opioid Quotas Sen. Dick Durbin
July 14, 2017 House Passes Defense Authorization Bill with Rep. Schneider Amendment to Address Military Opioid Abuse Rep. Brad Schneider
July 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration - Senators Urge DEA to Lower Opioid Quotas to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 10, 2017 At Metro East Opioid Treatment Facility, Duckworth Underscores Negative Impacts of TrumpCare Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 20, 2017 Bost Backs Bill to Fight Opioid Epidemic Rep. Mike Bost
June 12, 2017 Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $324,000 In Federal Funding For Cook County Drug Court Program Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 26, 2017 Durbin: Trumpcare Would Inflame Opioid Crisis In DuPage County Sen. Dick Durbin
May 25, 2017 Press Release: Foster Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Treatment for Opioid and Heroin Addiction Rep. Bill Foster
May 24, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Delay Visit of Filipino Leader, Denounce Human Rights Abuses Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 17, 2017 Durbin, Portman, Brown, Capito, King, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Expand Access To Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 17, 2017 Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, and the Honorable Thad Cochran and Patrick Leahy, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee - Increase Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the office of Managament and Budget - Urging Administration to Maintain Anti-Drug-Funding Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
May 12, 2017 Durbin Statement On AG Sessions Move To Force Needlessly Harsh Prison Sentences For Nonviolent Drug Offenses Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
March 19, 2018 Foster Statement on Trump Opioid Plan Rep.Bill Foster
March 16, 2018 Letter to Chairman John Culberson and Ranking Member Jose Serrano, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Add Marijuana Amendment to the FY2019 Budget Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 16, 2018 Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Protect ONDCP's Budget Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 15, 2018 Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Expand CARA Funding Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 12, 2018 U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) Introduces Bipartisan Opioid Quota Reform Bill Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 12, 2018 Tweet - "Every day, more than 100 Americans die from an opioid overdose. While we know that there are legitimate uses for opioid painkillers, we also know that these dangerous pills are being over-produced, over-prescribed, and over-dispensed." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 9, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader, the Honorable Rodney Frelignhuysen, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee, and the Honorable Nite Lowey, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Committee - No Funding for DEA Cannabis Eradication Program Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senator Cantwell, Colleagues Call for Increased Investment in Student Health, Safety Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee Labor - Schneider Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Funding for Next-generation Opioid Overdose Antidotes Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Feb. 28, 2018 House Energy And Commerce Committee Considers Schneider Opioid Legislation Rep.Brad Schneider
Feb. 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Respect State Marijuana Laws Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Feb. 2, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, the Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Committee - Include Opioid Crisis Emergency Funding in Next Government Funding Bill Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Jan. 30, 2018 Foster Statement on State of the Union Address Rep.Bill Foster
Jan. 25, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Senators Murray, Cantwell, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge President Trump to Keep Campaign Promise on State Marijuana Laws Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Jan. 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Jan. 19, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges President to Renew Public Health Emergency Declaration and Provide Adequate Funding Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Jan. 18, 2018 "Growing opioid crisis is NOT a priority for this White House or this President," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly Rep.Robin Kelly
Jan. 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the House, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member on the Committee on Appropriations - Push for Marijuana Fix Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Tweet - "Between 1993 & 2015, DEA allowed production of oxycodone to increase 39-fold and hydrocodone to increase 12-fold. With higher quotas, opioid prescriptions soared -- from 76 million in 1991 to 245 million in 2014 -- and overdose deaths quadrupled to more than 33,000 in 2015." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of Office of Management and Budget - Additional Federal Opioid Relief Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - "More than 91 Americans die every day from our nation's opioid crisis. Last year, the US Surgeon General sent these @CDCgov guidelines on responsible opioid prescribing to every doctor in the country." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 28, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Rohrabacher Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Continuation of Policy Protecting State Medical Marijuana Laws Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Nov. 3, 2017 Durbin Statement On Trump's Opioid Commission Recommendations Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 3, 2017 Tweet - "Glad to join #SmartDecar17 at @UChicagoSSA today to discuss ways to break the cycle of recidivism and end mass incarceration" Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 2, 2017 Foster Statement on the President's Opioid Commission Report Rep.Bill Foster
Oct. 26, 2017 Foster Statement on Declaration of Opioid Crisis as a Public Health Emergency Rep.Bill Foster
Oct. 24, 2017 Bost Votes To Stem Fentanyl Flow Into U.S. Rep.Mike Bost
Oct. 20, 2017 Letter to Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Patterson, Acting Administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration - Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 19, 2017 Durbin Backs Fix To Bill That Weakened DEA Opioid Oversight Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 19, 2017 Letter to Robert W. Patterson, DEA - Answers about DEA's Relationship with Pharma Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 28, 2017 Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Ensure Transparency & Accountability In DEA Quotas For Prescription Opioid Painkillers Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2017 On Overdose Awareness Day, Duckworth Announces Funding to Help Illinoisans Fight Opioid Crisis Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 29, 2017 Following Announcement Of National Opioid Emergency, Durbin And Bipartisan Sponsors Of Medicaid Care Act Press Trump To Heed Own Commission's Recommendations And Expand Access To Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Implementation of Opioid Commission Recommendations Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Aug. 4, 2017 Letter to the Honorable Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - FDA Tobacco Regulations Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 4, 2017 Durbin Applauds DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Second Year In A Row Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2017 Congressman Darin LaHood Welcomes Secretary Price to Quincy for Roundtable Discussion Rep.Darin LaHood
Aug. 3, 2017 Durbin Presses DEA Administrator To Lower 2018 Opioid Quotas Sen.Dick Durbin
July 14, 2017 House Passes Defense Authorization Bill with Rep. Schneider Amendment to Address Military Opioid Abuse Rep.Brad Schneider
July 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration - Senators Urge DEA to Lower Opioid Quotas to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 10, 2017 At Metro East Opioid Treatment Facility, Duckworth Underscores Negative Impacts of TrumpCare Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 20, 2017 Bost Backs Bill to Fight Opioid Epidemic Rep.Mike Bost
June 12, 2017 Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $324,000 In Federal Funding For Cook County Drug Court Program Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 26, 2017 Durbin: Trumpcare Would Inflame Opioid Crisis In DuPage County Sen.Dick Durbin
May 25, 2017 Press Release: Foster Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Treatment for Opioid and Heroin Addiction Rep.Bill Foster
May 24, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Delay Visit of Filipino Leader, Denounce Human Rights Abuses Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 17, 2017 Durbin, Portman, Brown, Capito, King, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Expand Access To Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 17, 2017 Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, and the Honorable Thad Cochran and Patrick Leahy, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee - Increase Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the office of Managament and Budget - Urging Administration to Maintain Anti-Drug-Funding Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
May 12, 2017 Durbin Statement On AG Sessions Move To Force Needlessly Harsh Prison Sentences For Nonviolent Drug Offenses Sen.Dick Durbin
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