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June 19, 2019
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Washington, DC - Today, Rep. David Trone (D-MD), along with Reps. Denver Riggleman and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), announced $1.5 billion in funding for State Opioid Response Grants (SOR) and Tribal Opioid Response Grants (TOR) that was included in the Fiscal Year 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill. These grants provide funding to states to reduce overdose related deaths through prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts. The new funding reflects a $500 million increase from Fiscal Year 2019.
June 19, 2019
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Washington, DC - Today, the House of Representatives approved a measure by Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Michael Turner (R-OH), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Don Young (R-AK), Katie Porter (D-CA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) to double federal funding for the Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit that provides free, temporary lodging near hospitals so military and veteran families can be close to their loved ones while they seek medical treatment. The amendment ensures $10 million in federal funding for Fisher House.
June 17, 2019
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Washington, DC - Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) released a report from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform detailing the high cost of prescription drugs for individuals with diabetes in Maryland’s 6th District.
June 13, 2019
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Washington, DC - Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) announced $170 million in funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), an increase of $5 million from the previous year’s funding from Congress.
June 11, 2019
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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) announced the duo secured $500 million in funding for programs to research the development of treatments for those suffering with opioid addiction.
June 7, 2019
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Clear Spring, Maryland - Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) held an agriculture roundtable with Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Joe Bartenfelder to discuss the trials and successes of agriculture in Western Maryland at the Ernst Grain and Livestock farm in Washington County.
June 6, 2019
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Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman David Trone and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) announced $637,097 in funding over five years from the National Science Foundation to the Frederick Community Scholars STEM program.
June 5, 2019
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD) and Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced the Teachers Are Leaders Act (H.R. 3108) to expand professional development and leadership growth opportunities for teachers. U.S. Representatives Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Chuck Flesichmann (R-TN), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), and Glenn Grothman (R-WI) joined to introduce this bipartisan bill.
May 28, 2019
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Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman David Trone and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) released the below statement following their call on Friday with Verso Interim CEO Les Lederer. The three have previously held meetings with the Mayor of Luke and the Allegany County Executive just days after the plant announced its closing.
May 20, 2019
Press Release
Washington, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Stronger CAPTA), which includes a provision authored by Congressman David Trone (MD-06) that will help develop and retain a high-quality workforce in the child welfare system.