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Jan. 2, 2018 Schumer Reveals: New Report Says Opioid Scourge Taking Huge Toll; Staten Island is at NYC's Opioid Epicenter; Senator Launches Push to Fight Crisis & Increase Fed Funds to New York as Budget Deal Looms Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Democratic Leader of the Senate, the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House - Prevent DOJ From Interfering With Implementation Of State Medical Marijuana Laws Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of Office of Management and Budget - Additional Federal Opioid Relief Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Dec. 5, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Eric D. Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services - Allow Research of Medical Marijuana as Pain Management Alternative to Opioids Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
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. Jerry Nadler, ...
Nov. 20, 2017 Reps. Katko and Suozzi Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Opioid Addiction Rep. Tom Suozzi, ...
Nov. 8, 2017 Hearing of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Jointly With and the Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Espaillat, (Hearing/Markup) on Close to Home: How Opioids are Impacting Communities Rep. Adriano Espaillat
Oct. 27, 2017 Stefanik Encourages Action on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Rep. Elise Stefanik
Oct. 27, 2017 Schumer Announces: After His Push, Special DEA Enforcement Team Now Headed To New York; Team Will Combat Opioid Crisis Across Entire State; Dose Of New Agents Will Fight Flow & Scourge Of Heroin, Fentanyl And Other Deadly Drugs; Overdose Rates Here Now Among Highest In Nation Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 26, 2017 Stefanik Applauds President Trump's Opioid Announcement Rep. Elise Stefanik
Oct. 26, 2017 Rep. Tonko Responds to President Trump Announcement on Opioids Rep. Paul Tonko
Oct. 26, 2017 Rep. Tonko Responds to President Trump Announcement on Opioids Rep. Paul Tonko
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. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 16, 2017 Tonko Introduces Legislation to Prevent Overdose Deaths, Improve Care Transitions for Individuals Reentering Community Rep. Paul Tonko
Oct. 11, 2017 50+ Members Testify Before #SubHealth, Sharing Stories and Legislative Ideas to Combat #OpioidCrisis Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Sept. 27, 2017 Letter to Acting Director Baum, Office of National Drug Control Policy - Oneida County as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 7, 2017 Tonko, Luján Introduce Bill to Expand Access to Addiction Treatment Rep. Paul Tonko
Sept. 7, 2017 Lujan, Tonko Introduces Bill to Expand Access to Addiction Treatment Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Aug. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Implementation of Opioid Commission Recommendations Rep. Claudia Tenney, ...
Aug. 8, 2017 Standing At Credo Community Center & Mountain View Prevention Services In Lewis County, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Opioid Crisis By Limiting Prescriptions To Seven Days Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
July 24, 2017 At The Mental Health Association In Chautauqua County, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Opioid Crisis By Limiting Prescriptions To Seven Days Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
July 19, 2017 Letter to Richard Baum, Acting Director Office of National Drug Control Policy - Deliver a Strategy to Battle Opioid Addiction Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
July 17, 2017 Standing At Putnam Hospital Center, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Opioid Crisis By Limiting Prescriptions To Seven Days Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
July 13, 2017 Schumer Announces Over $400k In Fed Funding For Erie County Family Treatment Drug Court Enhancement Initiative Sen. Chuck Schumer
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. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 6, 2017 Letter to Jeff Sessions, Attorney General and Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Provide Relief for Medical Examiners Facing Overdose Deaths from Opioid Epidemic Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 30, 2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Still Raging In Central New York, Now Exacerbated By Fentanyl, Senator Pushes Bipartisan Legislation To Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs And Other High-tech Tools To Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 30, 2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Raging In Steuben, Chemung And Schuyler Counties, Now Exacerbated By Fentanyl, Senator Pushes Bipartisan Legislation To Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs And Other High-tech Tools To Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2017 Schumer: Senate GOP Healthcare Bill Could Accelerate and Worsen the Severe Opioid Crisis Across Upstate New York; Senator Will Launch a Major Effort to Protect Critical Funding for Thousands of New Yorkers Who Desperately Need Heroin & Opioid Treatment Programs Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2017 Velázquez Bill Dedicates Federal Funds to Target "K2" Drug Rep. Nydia Velázquez
June 15, 2017 Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Medical Marijuana Bill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 24, 2017 Schumer: Proposed Trump Budget Cuts are Real Trouble for Upstate New York; Senator Vows to Protect Funding that Upstate Middle Class, Working Families and Seniors Rely on Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 24, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Delay Visit of Filipino Leader, Denounce Human Rights Abuses Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 17, 2017 Rep. Tonko Calls on Trump to Maintain Funding for Agency Combating Opioid Epidemic Rep. Paul Tonko
May 16, 2017 Amidst White House Plan to Axe Vital Drug Prevention Office that Oneida County Desperately Needs, Schumer Renews Push to Designate Oneida County as a 'High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area'; Oneida County's HIDTA Application Now Hangs in the Balance Sen. Chuck Schumer
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. Paul Tonko, ...
May 16, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Richard Baum, Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy - Requesting the Designation of Oneida County as a HIDTA Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 8, 2017 Schumer: With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Spreading in Upstate NY & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Senator Pushes to Reverse White House's Proposed Elimination of Drugs Trafficking Program - Will Hurt Local Law Enforcement Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2017 Schumer: Lethal Fentanyl Now Entering NY in Record Amounts Exacerbating Opioid Crisis; Senator Pushes New Fed Plan to Deliver More Border Agents, Rapid Test Labs & Other High-Tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Before it Hits NY's Streets Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2017 Schumer: Opioid Crisis Still Raging on Long Island; Now Exacerbated by Fentanyl; Senator Pushes New Plan to Deliver More Border Agents, Rapid Test Labs & Other High-Tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Before it Hits the Streets Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 3, 2017 Letter to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director of the World Health Organization - Stop a Worldwide Opioid Epidemic Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 2, 2017 Schumer Helps Secure Major Victories to Combat Heroin-opioid Epidemic on Long Island in Recently Announced Federal Budget Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 21, 2017 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $25 Million in Federal Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic in New York State Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 13, 2017 Senators Gillibrand and McCain Announce Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Opioid Crisis By Limiting Prescriptions To Seven Days Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 11, 2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Still Raging in Rochester, Now Exacerbated by Fentanyl, Senator Pushes New Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs and Other High-tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President - Help Fight Opiod Epidemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 4, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Lower Prescription Drug Prices Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
April 4, 2017 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee - Rep. Rohrabacher Leads Letter Urging Respect for State Medical Marijuana Laws Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
March 29, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Chariman John Culberson, Hon. Chairman Tom Cole, Hon. Chairman Tom Graves, Hon. Ranking Member Jose Serrano, Hon. Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, Hon. Ranking Member Mike Quigley of the House Committee on Appropriations - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Calls for Funding of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Rep. Claudia Tenney, ...
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Jan. 2, 2018 Schumer Reveals: New Report Says Opioid Scourge Taking Huge Toll; Staten Island is at NYC's Opioid Epicenter; Senator Launches Push to Fight Crisis & Increase Fed Funds to New York as Budget Deal Looms Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Democratic Leader of the Senate, the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House - Prevent DOJ From Interfering With Implementation Of State Medical Marijuana Laws Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of Office of Management and Budget - Additional Federal Opioid Relief Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Dec. 5, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Eric D. Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services - Allow Research of Medical Marijuana as Pain Management Alternative to Opioids Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
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.Jerry Nadler, ...
Nov. 20, 2017 Reps. Katko and Suozzi Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Opioid Addiction Rep.Tom Suozzi, ...
Nov. 8, 2017 Hearing of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Jointly With and the Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Espaillat, (Hearing/Markup) on Close to Home: How Opioids are Impacting Communities Rep.Adriano Espaillat
Oct. 27, 2017 Stefanik Encourages Action on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Rep.Elise Stefanik
Oct. 27, 2017 Schumer Announces: After His Push, Special DEA Enforcement Team Now Headed To New York; Team Will Combat Opioid Crisis Across Entire State; Dose Of New Agents Will Fight Flow & Scourge Of Heroin, Fentanyl And Other Deadly Drugs; Overdose Rates Here Now Among Highest In Nation Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 26, 2017 Stefanik Applauds President Trump's Opioid Announcement Rep.Elise Stefanik
Oct. 26, 2017 Rep. Tonko Responds to President Trump Announcement on Opioids Rep.Paul Tonko
Oct. 26, 2017 Rep. Tonko Responds to President Trump Announcement on Opioids Rep.Paul Tonko
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.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 16, 2017 Tonko Introduces Legislation to Prevent Overdose Deaths, Improve Care Transitions for Individuals Reentering Community Rep.Paul Tonko
Oct. 11, 2017 50+ Members Testify Before #SubHealth, Sharing Stories and Legislative Ideas to Combat #OpioidCrisis Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Sept. 27, 2017 Letter to Acting Director Baum, Office of National Drug Control Policy - Oneida County as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 7, 2017 Tonko, Luján Introduce Bill to Expand Access to Addiction Treatment Rep.Paul Tonko
Sept. 7, 2017 Lujan, Tonko Introduces Bill to Expand Access to Addiction Treatment Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Aug. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Implementation of Opioid Commission Recommendations Rep.Claudia Tenney, ...
Aug. 8, 2017 Standing At Credo Community Center & Mountain View Prevention Services In Lewis County, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Opioid Crisis By Limiting Prescriptions To Seven Days Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
July 24, 2017 At The Mental Health Association In Chautauqua County, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Opioid Crisis By Limiting Prescriptions To Seven Days Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
July 19, 2017 Letter to Richard Baum, Acting Director Office of National Drug Control Policy - Deliver a Strategy to Battle Opioid Addiction Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
July 17, 2017 Standing At Putnam Hospital Center, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Opioid Crisis By Limiting Prescriptions To Seven Days Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
July 13, 2017 Schumer Announces Over $400k In Fed Funding For Erie County Family Treatment Drug Court Enhancement Initiative Sen.Chuck Schumer
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.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 6, 2017 Letter to Jeff Sessions, Attorney General and Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Provide Relief for Medical Examiners Facing Overdose Deaths from Opioid Epidemic Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 30, 2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Still Raging In Central New York, Now Exacerbated By Fentanyl, Senator Pushes Bipartisan Legislation To Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs And Other High-tech Tools To Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 30, 2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Raging In Steuben, Chemung And Schuyler Counties, Now Exacerbated By Fentanyl, Senator Pushes Bipartisan Legislation To Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs And Other High-tech Tools To Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2017 Schumer: Senate GOP Healthcare Bill Could Accelerate and Worsen the Severe Opioid Crisis Across Upstate New York; Senator Will Launch a Major Effort to Protect Critical Funding for Thousands of New Yorkers Who Desperately Need Heroin & Opioid Treatment Programs Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2017 Velázquez Bill Dedicates Federal Funds to Target "K2" Drug Rep.Nydia Velázquez
June 15, 2017 Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Medical Marijuana Bill Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 24, 2017 Schumer: Proposed Trump Budget Cuts are Real Trouble for Upstate New York; Senator Vows to Protect Funding that Upstate Middle Class, Working Families and Seniors Rely on Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 24, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Delay Visit of Filipino Leader, Denounce Human Rights Abuses Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 17, 2017 Rep. Tonko Calls on Trump to Maintain Funding for Agency Combating Opioid Epidemic Rep.Paul Tonko
May 16, 2017 Amidst White House Plan to Axe Vital Drug Prevention Office that Oneida County Desperately Needs, Schumer Renews Push to Designate Oneida County as a 'High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area'; Oneida County's HIDTA Application Now Hangs in the Balance Sen.Chuck Schumer
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.Paul Tonko, ...
May 16, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Richard Baum, Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy - Requesting the Designation of Oneida County as a HIDTA Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 8, 2017 Schumer: With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Spreading in Upstate NY & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Senator Pushes to Reverse White House's Proposed Elimination of Drugs Trafficking Program - Will Hurt Local Law Enforcement Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2017 Schumer: Lethal Fentanyl Now Entering NY in Record Amounts Exacerbating Opioid Crisis; Senator Pushes New Fed Plan to Deliver More Border Agents, Rapid Test Labs & Other High-Tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Before it Hits NY's Streets Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2017 Schumer: Opioid Crisis Still Raging on Long Island; Now Exacerbated by Fentanyl; Senator Pushes New Plan to Deliver More Border Agents, Rapid Test Labs & Other High-Tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Before it Hits the Streets Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 3, 2017 Letter to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director of the World Health Organization - Stop a Worldwide Opioid Epidemic Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 2, 2017 Schumer Helps Secure Major Victories to Combat Heroin-opioid Epidemic on Long Island in Recently Announced Federal Budget Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 21, 2017 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $25 Million in Federal Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic in New York State Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 13, 2017 Senators Gillibrand and McCain Announce Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Opioid Crisis By Limiting Prescriptions To Seven Days Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 11, 2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Still Raging in Rochester, Now Exacerbated by Fentanyl, Senator Pushes New Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs and Other High-tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President - Help Fight Opiod Epidemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 4, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Lower Prescription Drug Prices Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
April 4, 2017 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee - Rep. Rohrabacher Leads Letter Urging Respect for State Medical Marijuana Laws Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
March 29, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Chariman John Culberson, Hon. Chairman Tom Cole, Hon. Chairman Tom Graves, Hon. Ranking Member Jose Serrano, Hon. Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, Hon. Ranking Member Mike Quigley of the House Committee on Appropriations - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Calls for Funding of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Rep.Claudia Tenney, ...
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