Addressing the Addiction and Mental Health Crisis

Discussing the issues that matter

| Posted in Catching Up with Annie

Dear Friend, Supporting Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery On Tuesday, I toured the Monadnock Region “Doorway” run by Cheshire Medical Center in Keene and met with leadership and clinicians to discuss the center’s efforts to support substance misuse treatment and recovery in the area. This visit is part of my hospital and healthcare listening tour, which I…

NH Delegation Announces Nearly $150K for NH to Combat Recidivism Among Granite Staters Struggling with Substance Use Disorder

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U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded New Hampshire $149,405 through the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program. The RSAT…

We must act to reduce gun violence

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Dear Friend, We Must Act to Reduce Gun Violence This weekend, our nation was once again struck by senseless acts of gun violence that took the lives of nearly 30 individuals. My heart goes out to everyone who has been affected by the tragic shootings in El Paso and Dayton – and to every community across our nation that has been impacted by gun violence. We cannot allow…

NH Delegation Announces New Federal Grant Funding to Support Franklin First Responders on Front Lines of Opioid Epidemic

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U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development agency has awarded $48,600 in federal funding to the city of Franklin. The funding will be used to purchase a new ambulance, allowing the city to more adequately respond to medical emergencies,…

Bipartisan Opioid Task Force Holds Roundtable on Threat Posed by Fentanyl, Synthetic Opioids

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The roundtable can be viewed here. Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), founding co-chair of the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force, led Members in hosting a roundtable to discuss the threat posed by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and the efforts being taken to counter that threat. Since 2013, the United States has been in the “third wave” of the opioid epidemic, with…

A Humanitarian Crisis

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Dear Friend, My Visit to the Border Last weekend, I joined Representatives Jackie Speier, Vicente Gonzalez, Filemon Vela and 17 other Democratic Members of Congress at the U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen and Brownsville, Texas. We were briefed by detention center staff and spoke to children and parents at those locations as well as two nonprofit centers before crossing over the…

A moral and ethical responsibility

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Dear Friend, Supporting New Hampshire Communities On Friday I joined my friend, Congressman Chris Pappas, in rappelling down Manchester's Brady Sullivan Tower as part of United Way's "Over the Edge" event in support of Granite State communities. United Way serves families across New Hampshire to make our state stronger and healthier, and I look forward to our continued work…

Reps. Kuster, Blunt Rochester, Turner and Walorski Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Correctional Facilities

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Today, Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Turner (R-OH), and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced H.R. 3496, the Community Re-Entry through Addiction Treatment to Enhance (CREATE) Opportunities Act, legislation to help expand access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for justice-involved individuals. This legislation would create a new grant program within the…

County jail touts expanded addiction treatment during Kuster visit

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What more could the federal government do to help Cheshire County fight the opioid epidemic and meet local health care needs? That was the topic Monday, as Congresswoman Ann M. Kuster stopped by the county jail and nursing home to meet with county leaders. As part of the visit, Kuster and county officials discussed the jail’s expanded use of medication to treat inmates…

Kuster, Fitzpatrick Introduce Respond NOW Act to Bolster Efforts to Address the Opioid Epidemic

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Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), the co-chairs of the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force, have introduced the Respond NOW Act to bolster the federal response to the opioid epidemic. The Respond NOW Act creates a $25 billion Opioid Epidemic Response Fund to provide $5 billion annually over five years targeted to numerous key activities involving such agencies as…