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From: <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2016/04/house-panels-get-set-opioid-week-marathon-sessions/" target="_blank">
https://morningconsult.com/2016/04/house-panels-get-set-opioid-week-marathon-sessions/</a><br>
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The opioid addiction epidemic is a hot topic for House law makers:<br>
<blockquote>"<span style="font-weight: 400;">Momentum on most major legislation is stalled, from a response to the Zika virus to the Puerto Rico debt. But lawmakers have had no trouble advancing a legislative response to the growing opioid addiction problem."</span><br>
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<blockquote>"Three House Committees voted to advance more than a dozen opioid bills to the House floor on [sic] this week."
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<div>Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) says that as many as twenty separate bills may be individually considered by the House.
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<blockquote>"House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said the week of May 9, when the House returns from a weeklong recess, will be “Opioid Week.”"</blockquote>
Do you know if any of these bills include support of take back as a prevention measure? Please let us know!
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It is important to note that when it comes to funding, it seems bipartisan support evaporates, causing bills to fail on party line votes. Bills asking for $1 billion over two years and another for $600 million both failed. The Senate bill that passed includes
almost $80 million in funding. <br>
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Ed Gottlieb<br>
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