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Sen. Maria Cantwell heard about the myriad difficulties local officials face in trying to combat the opioid crisis including lack of funding, insufficient personnel, lack of supplies and complicated regulations around providing care to those suffering from opioid-use disorder.

Health officials call for regulatory reform

A few weeks ago in the Senate, we passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with overwhelming bipartisan support – we pass an updated version of this legislation every year

A few weeks ago in the Senate, we passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with overwhelming bipartisan support – we pass an updated version of this legislation every year to get resources to our military and to protect our national security.

With a cool-under-pressure personality mixed with a get-stuff-done work ethic, Tara Poulton is the right fit as the new district director for Lakewood Ranch’s only U.S. Congressman.

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO), took a step toward addressing the impact of fentanyl on students in El Paso County by meeting with local leaders at a fentanyl roundtable discussion on Tuesday, Aug.15. School leaders, public health authorities, concerned parents, and alumni from Colorado Springs schools gathered at District 11’s administration building on […]

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat who is one of the approximately 61 sponsors of the bipartisan FEND Off Fentanyl Act that was introduced in the Senate by Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, was at Philipstown Town Hall in Putnam County’s Cold Spring on July 28. She went there to hail Senate passage […]

News from Grant County, New Mexico

PLATTSBURGH — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer says new bipartisan legislation placed in the Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act will dramatically stop the flow of fentanyl into America and

The bill would declare international trafficking of the drug a national emergency, and allow President Joe Biden to put sanctions on China and Mexico, the senator says.