Rosen Successfully Pushes Trump Administration to Release Funds to Fight Fentanyl Overdoses

WASHINGTON, DC– U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that, following herpush, the Trump Administration isreleasingpreviously withheld funding for programs aimed at saving lives and reducing opioid overdoses across 49 states, including Nevada. The Overdose Data to Action Program through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides funding for the Southern Nevada Health District and the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services to help fight drug overdoses.
“Our communities are facing a fentanyl crisis, and we need to do everything we can to get them the resources they need to fight this epidemic,”said Senator Rosen. “That’s why I’m proud to have successfully pushed back against the Trump Administration’s harmful funding freeze and ensure these federal funds will go back to our communities where they belong. I’ll always fight to keep Nevada families safe from fentanyl. ”
Senator Rosen has consistently worked across party lines to fight the fentanyl crisis and combat fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. Senator Rosen helped introduce theStop Smuggling Illicit Synthetic Drugs on U.S. Transportation Networks Actto establish a national strategy and deploy detection technologies at ports of entry to intercept fentanyl coming across the border. The Rosen-backedFEND Off Fentanyl Act, which sanctions international fentanyl trafficking networks—including Mexican cartels and chemical suppliers in China—was signed into law last year. Senator Rosen’s bipartisanEND FENTANYL Act, which mandates that U.S. Customs and Border Protection update its drug interdiction policies every three years to stay ahead of evolving smuggling tactics, was also signed into law last Congress. In July, Senator Rosenintroduced a resolutionopposing the Trump Administration’s funding cuts and freezes to critical programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
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