Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02), along with the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force Leaders Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), David Trone (D-MD), and Donald Norcross (D-NJ) led a bipartisan coalition of nearly 80 lawmakers to urge congressional leadership to provide $10 billion in funding for mental health disorder and substance use disorder prevention and treatment. The f... Read more »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced $250,000 in Drug Free Communities (DFC) grants from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to two local drug prevention coalitions in New Hampshire. The grants will provi... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2466, the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2020, H.R. 2281, the Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act, and H.R. 3878, the Block, Report, and Suspend Shipments Act of 2020. These Kuster-backed proposals are part of the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force’s 2020 Legislative Agenda, which was unveiled in February. The bills autho... Read more »
46 House members warn that plan to convert Purdue Pharma into a “public benefit company” would improperly entangle state and local officials with future sales of OxyContin and deprive victims of justice Sackler family’s criminal acts contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans November 10, 2020, Washington, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark, Vice Chair of the House Democrat... Read more »
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced $250,000 in Drug Free Communities (DFC) grants from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to two local drug prevention coalitions in New Hampshire. The grants will provide the Keene YMCA Community Coalition o... Read more »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced $250,000 in Drug Free Communities (DFC) grants from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to two local drug prevention coalitions in New Hampshire. The grants will provide the Keene YMCA Co... Read more »
Today, Bipartisan Opioid Task Force co-chairs Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) released the following statement on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) announcement that Purdue Pharma, the company that makes the powerful and highly addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United St... Read more »
**House members react to reports of settlement with Purdue that excludes prison sentencing, eludes justice for victims of the opioid epidemic** **Sackler family’s criminal acts contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans** Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined by Congressmembers Ann Kuster (NH-02), Max Rose (NY-11),... Read more »
Today, Bipartisan Opioid Task Force co-chairs Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) led a roundtable conversation with members of the Task Force and experts on drug abuse prevention to discuss efforts to use technology to prevent addiction and promote patient safety. The Task Force was joined by Jeffrey R. Wahl, Co-Founder & President of MIDAS Healthcare Solutions; Stephen C... Read more »
**Watch Rep. Kuster speak on the Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act HERE, and on the Combating Pandemic Scams Act of 2020 HERE** Hopkinton, NH – Yesterday, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) participated in an eight-hour virtual Energy and Commerce Committee markup of 38 bills, where she spoke in support of the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act and the Combating Pandemic Scams Act of 2020.... Read more »
