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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. Maria Cantwell, ...
Feb. 8, 2018
Tweet - "To combat the opioid crisis, we need to look at the ripple effects on our children, families, schools, and foster care system."
Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 8, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on the Opioid Crisis: Impact on Children and Families
Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 8, 2018
House, Senate Health Committee Leaders Release Discussion Draft of FDA Animal Drug User Fees Reauthorization
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Feb. 5, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of House Judiciary Committee - Hearing on Marijuana Policy Change by Attorney General Sessions
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
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. Rick Larsen, ...
Feb. 2, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump may claim that he wants to treat the opioid crisis as a public health emergency, but his actions show this is just another broken promise."
Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 1, 2018
Tweet - "Republicans in Congress have until Feb. 8 to figure out a bipartisan path forward on funding community & teaching health centers, strengthening our response to end the #opioidcrisis, & so much more. Timing is running out--and WA families are waiting."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 30, 2018
Inspired by Washington State Sexual Assault Survivor & #MeToo Activist Leah Griffin, Senator Murray Responds to President Trump's State of the Union Address
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 25, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Senators Murray, Cantwell, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge President Trump to Keep Campaign Promise on State Marijuana Laws
Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
Jan. 25, 2018
Tweet - "Democrats remain ready to work w Republicans to make important gains for our families & communities--they're counting on us to fully fund our community health centers, make critical investments to end the #opioidcrisis, protect DREAMers, & so much more."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 24, 2018
Tweet - "Shameful that some would twist facts to blame the opioid crisis on a program that helps many get the health care they need--even treatment for substance use disorder. We must focus on evidence-based solutions and support for our communities."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Dishearteningly accurate summary of President Trump's response to the opioid crisis so far: "No major new funding, nor a push for more funding. No big new strategy."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 23, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump has offered nothing but empty words to address the opioid crisis in our communities. We need action. We need investments. We need solutions. We need leadership."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2018
Tweet - "It was just one year ago that President Trump was sworn into office promising the American people that he that he would break through the gridlock to get results for workers and families. #TrumpShutdown"
Sen. Patty Murray
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. Pramila Jayapal, ...
Jan. 10, 2018
Tweet - "Combatting the opioid epidemic will take an enormous investment of time, energy, focus, and funding. And President Trump's third quarter paycheck isn't going to cut it."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 10, 2018
Tweet - "Since 2000, nearly 10,000 people in Washington state have died of an opioid overdose. It's time to come together to beat the scourge of opioid addiction & enact solutions that are as comprehensive as this challenge."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 9, 2018
Tweet - "The opioid epidemic hurts our communities as a whole. It takes up resources of public health, hospitals, and law enforcement. It takes workers out of the local economy. It takes a toll on the morale of small towns and big cities alike with each new tragedy."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 9, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on The Opioid Crisis: An Examination of How We Got Here and How We Move Forward
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 9, 2018
Tweet - "While visiting a local hospital in Longview, WA, staff there told me that almost 1 out of every 2 babies born there have mothers who struggle with substance use. That is stunning. It is heartbreaking. But it is, unfortunately, not the only evidence of the opioid epidemic."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 8, 2018
Tweet - "While families in WA impacted by addiction wait for additional resources to curb the #opioidcrisis, the Trump administration misguidedly chooses to focus on cracking down on legal marijuana use instead."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 4, 2018
Senator Murray Statement on Attorney General Jeff Sessions Ending Common Sense Approach to Legalized Marijuana
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 4, 2018
Tweet - "This is just the latest example of President Trump and his Administration breaking their promises and trying to jam through an ideological agenda that would be deeply damaging to people in Washington state and across the country."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 4, 2018
Tweet - "When it comes to the legal, adult use of marijuana, the voters in my home state of Washington, and in many other states, have spoken clearly and I intend to keep fighting to make sure Washington state is able to continue carrying out the will of its voters."
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 4, 2018
Smith Statement Condemning Attorney General Sessions's Rescission of Marijuana Policy
Rep. Adam Smith
Jan. 4, 2018
Jayapal Blasts Sessions' Marijuana Crackdown
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
Jan. 4, 2018
Cantwell Statement on Department of Justice Rollback of Cole Memorandum
Sen. Maria Cantwell
Jan. 3, 2018
Tweet - "Why we need more action from the Trump Administration to end the opioid epidemic--life expectancy in US declines "in the grip of an escalating opioid addiction & overdose crisis"
Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 2, 2018
Tweet - "As the #opioidcrisis drives down life expectancy in the US, we need more than words from President Trump--our communities need real resources & support to end this epidemic"
Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 31, 2017
Tweet - "Altogether, nearly 440,000 kids are spending this holiday season in foster care, compared with 400,000 in 2011." It's on all of us to work together to combat the opioid epidemic."
Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 30, 2017
Tweet - "The opioid epidemic does not discriminate, and across the country children are being impacted."
Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 14, 2017
Letter to Governors - Senator Murray Asks Nation's Governors, Insurance Commissioners How Federal Government Can Be Best Partner for States on the Front Lines of Opioid Crisis
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Dec. 5, 2017
Hearing of the Appropriations Subcommittee of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on the Opioid Epidemic
Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 30, 2017
Hearing of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on The Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis: Perspectives from States, Communities, and Providers
Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 30, 2017
Tweet - "When your budget would gut funding for the opioid epidemic by $97 million, donating $100K to help isn't even a drop in the ocean. It's time for @POTUS to get serious on opioids."
Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 29, 2017
Tweet - "Too many Washingtonians have been lost to the #opioidcrisis. We must use every tool in our belt to stop these tragedies."
Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 29, 2017
Tweet - "It will take all of us to end the #opioidcrisis in WA & nationwide--strengthening guidelines to keep excess pills out of our communities is a step in the right direction."
Sen. Patty Murray
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. Adam Smith, ...
Nov. 7, 2017
Letter to Mr. Brenton L. Saunders, CEO, Allergan plc - Monopoly Keeps Price of Drug High, Limits Competition
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Oct. 31, 2017
Larsen to President Trump: Robust Federal Funding Needed to Address Opioid Epidemic
Rep. Rick Larsen
Oct. 26, 2017
Senator Murray Statement on President Trump's Opioid Announcement
Sen. Patty Murray
Oct. 10, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation - Drug Testing for Opioids
Rep. Rick Larsen, ...
Oct. 5, 2017
Hearing of the Senate Health, Education Labor & Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on the Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis
Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 22, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Implementation of Opioid Commission Recommendations
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
Aug. 4, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - FDA Tobacco Regulations
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 28, 2017
DelBene Introduces Bill to Protect State Enforcement of Marijuana Laws
Rep. Suzan DelBene
July 28, 2017
Murray Statement on FDA's Move to Delay Tobacco Oversight
Sen. Patty Murray
July 19, 2017
Letter to Richard Baum, Acting Director Office of National Drug Control Policy - Deliver a Strategy to Battle Opioid Addiction
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 7, 2017
During Visits With Patients, Providers in WA, Sen. Murray Hears Resounding Message Being Told Nationwide: Trumpcare Would Devastate Efforts to Combat Opioid Crisis
Sen. Patty Murray
Date
Title
Politician
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.Maria Cantwell, ...
Feb. 8, 2018
Tweet - "To combat the opioid crisis, we need to look at the ripple effects on our children, families, schools, and foster care system."
Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 8, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on the Opioid Crisis: Impact on Children and Families
Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 8, 2018
House, Senate Health Committee Leaders Release Discussion Draft of FDA Animal Drug User Fees Reauthorization
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Feb. 5, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of House Judiciary Committee - Hearing on Marijuana Policy Change by Attorney General Sessions
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
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.Rick Larsen, ...
Feb. 2, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump may claim that he wants to treat the opioid crisis as a public health emergency, but his actions show this is just another broken promise."
Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 1, 2018
Tweet - "Republicans in Congress have until Feb. 8 to figure out a bipartisan path forward on funding community & teaching health centers, strengthening our response to end the #opioidcrisis, & so much more. Timing is running out--and WA families are waiting."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 30, 2018
Inspired by Washington State Sexual Assault Survivor & #MeToo Activist Leah Griffin, Senator Murray Responds to President Trump's State of the Union Address
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 25, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Senators Murray, Cantwell, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge President Trump to Keep Campaign Promise on State Marijuana Laws
Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
Jan. 25, 2018
Tweet - "Democrats remain ready to work w Republicans to make important gains for our families & communities--they're counting on us to fully fund our community health centers, make critical investments to end the #opioidcrisis, protect DREAMers, & so much more."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 24, 2018
Tweet - "Shameful that some would twist facts to blame the opioid crisis on a program that helps many get the health care they need--even treatment for substance use disorder. We must focus on evidence-based solutions and support for our communities."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Dishearteningly accurate summary of President Trump's response to the opioid crisis so far: "No major new funding, nor a push for more funding. No big new strategy."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 23, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump has offered nothing but empty words to address the opioid crisis in our communities. We need action. We need investments. We need solutions. We need leadership."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2018
Tweet - "It was just one year ago that President Trump was sworn into office promising the American people that he that he would break through the gridlock to get results for workers and families. #TrumpShutdown"
Sen.Patty Murray
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.Pramila Jayapal, ...
Jan. 10, 2018
Tweet - "Combatting the opioid epidemic will take an enormous investment of time, energy, focus, and funding. And President Trump's third quarter paycheck isn't going to cut it."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 10, 2018
Tweet - "Since 2000, nearly 10,000 people in Washington state have died of an opioid overdose. It's time to come together to beat the scourge of opioid addiction & enact solutions that are as comprehensive as this challenge."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 9, 2018
Tweet - "The opioid epidemic hurts our communities as a whole. It takes up resources of public health, hospitals, and law enforcement. It takes workers out of the local economy. It takes a toll on the morale of small towns and big cities alike with each new tragedy."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 9, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on The Opioid Crisis: An Examination of How We Got Here and How We Move Forward
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 9, 2018
Tweet - "While visiting a local hospital in Longview, WA, staff there told me that almost 1 out of every 2 babies born there have mothers who struggle with substance use. That is stunning. It is heartbreaking. But it is, unfortunately, not the only evidence of the opioid epidemic."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 8, 2018
Tweet - "While families in WA impacted by addiction wait for additional resources to curb the #opioidcrisis, the Trump administration misguidedly chooses to focus on cracking down on legal marijuana use instead."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 4, 2018
Senator Murray Statement on Attorney General Jeff Sessions Ending Common Sense Approach to Legalized Marijuana
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 4, 2018
Tweet - "This is just the latest example of President Trump and his Administration breaking their promises and trying to jam through an ideological agenda that would be deeply damaging to people in Washington state and across the country."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 4, 2018
Tweet - "When it comes to the legal, adult use of marijuana, the voters in my home state of Washington, and in many other states, have spoken clearly and I intend to keep fighting to make sure Washington state is able to continue carrying out the will of its voters."
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 4, 2018
Smith Statement Condemning Attorney General Sessions's Rescission of Marijuana Policy
Rep.Adam Smith
Jan. 4, 2018
Jayapal Blasts Sessions' Marijuana Crackdown
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
Jan. 4, 2018
Cantwell Statement on Department of Justice Rollback of Cole Memorandum
Sen.Maria Cantwell
Jan. 3, 2018
Tweet - "Why we need more action from the Trump Administration to end the opioid epidemic--life expectancy in US declines "in the grip of an escalating opioid addiction & overdose crisis"
Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 2, 2018
Tweet - "As the #opioidcrisis drives down life expectancy in the US, we need more than words from President Trump--our communities need real resources & support to end this epidemic"
Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 31, 2017
Tweet - "Altogether, nearly 440,000 kids are spending this holiday season in foster care, compared with 400,000 in 2011." It's on all of us to work together to combat the opioid epidemic."
Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 30, 2017
Tweet - "The opioid epidemic does not discriminate, and across the country children are being impacted."
Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 14, 2017
Letter to Governors - Senator Murray Asks Nation's Governors, Insurance Commissioners How Federal Government Can Be Best Partner for States on the Front Lines of Opioid Crisis
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Dec. 5, 2017
Hearing of the Appropriations Subcommittee of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on the Opioid Epidemic
Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 30, 2017
Hearing of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on The Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis: Perspectives from States, Communities, and Providers
Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 30, 2017
Tweet - "When your budget would gut funding for the opioid epidemic by $97 million, donating $100K to help isn't even a drop in the ocean. It's time for @POTUS to get serious on opioids."
Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 29, 2017
Tweet - "Too many Washingtonians have been lost to the #opioidcrisis. We must use every tool in our belt to stop these tragedies."
Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 29, 2017
Tweet - "It will take all of us to end the #opioidcrisis in WA & nationwide--strengthening guidelines to keep excess pills out of our communities is a step in the right direction."
Sen.Patty Murray
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.Adam Smith, ...
Nov. 7, 2017
Letter to Mr. Brenton L. Saunders, CEO, Allergan plc - Monopoly Keeps Price of Drug High, Limits Competition
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Oct. 31, 2017
Larsen to President Trump: Robust Federal Funding Needed to Address Opioid Epidemic
Rep.Rick Larsen
Oct. 26, 2017
Senator Murray Statement on President Trump's Opioid Announcement
Sen.Patty Murray
Oct. 10, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation - Drug Testing for Opioids
Rep.Rick Larsen, ...
Oct. 5, 2017
Hearing of the Senate Health, Education Labor & Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on the Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis
Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 22, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Implementation of Opioid Commission Recommendations
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
Aug. 4, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - FDA Tobacco Regulations
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 28, 2017
DelBene Introduces Bill to Protect State Enforcement of Marijuana Laws
Rep.Suzan DelBene
July 28, 2017
Murray Statement on FDA's Move to Delay Tobacco Oversight
Sen.Patty Murray
July 19, 2017
Letter to Richard Baum, Acting Director Office of National Drug Control Policy - Deliver a Strategy to Battle Opioid Addiction
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 7, 2017
During Visits With Patients, Providers in WA, Sen. Murray Hears Resounding Message Being Told Nationwide: Trumpcare Would Devastate Efforts to Combat Opioid Crisis
Sen.Patty Murray
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