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11.18.20
WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Fighting Emerging Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting (FENTANYL) Results Act, which U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced earlier this year. The bill would increase global cooperation in the fight against the trafficking of synthetic drugs like fentanyl. The bill now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
11.17.20
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) announced that his bill, the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act (H.R. 2466), unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill must now be passed by the U.S. Senate before heading to the President’s desk for signature. Trone introduced the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act in May of 2019 along with Freshmen Working Group on Addiction members Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), and Denver Riggleman (R-VA). The legislation authorizes $9 billion over six years in flexible funding for State Opioid Response (SOR) Grants and Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Grants to fight the opioid epidemic on the front lines.
11.17.20
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) and a coalition of stakeholders from Maryland and Pennsylvania announced $6 million in funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for preliminary engineering work on the Pennsylvania portion of U.S. Route 219, signaling a commitment to beginning construction on the 11-mile corridor connecting Maryland and Pennsylvania within the next 10 years. Approximately 8 miles of the corridor has yet to be constructed.