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April 8, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, April 8th, 2021, Reps. David Trone (MD-06) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) introduced the Dispose Unused Medications and Prescription (DUMP) Opioids Act. This bipartisan legislation would direct the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.
April 8, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) announced that many Social Security recipients and others who have not yet received their Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,400 from the American Rescue Plan should expect to see electronic payments hit their bank accounts or be loaded onto their Direct Express Cards beginning today.
April 8, 2021
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman David Trone, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) today applauded the award of more than $54.6 million in federal funding, from the American Rescue Plan, to bolster public health infrastructure and expand vaccination efforts, particularly COVID-19 vaccines, for underserved and hard to reach communities across the state.
April 6, 2021
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Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives David Trone (MD-06), Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Katie Porter (CA-45), and Annie Kuster (NH-02), sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra, ahead of the expiring opioid public health emergency (PHE) on Wednesday, April 7th, 2021. In the letter, the Members urge HHS to consider renewing the PHE declared to combat the opioid epidemic and broaden its scope to address the evolving drug epidemic, while also addressing mental health.
April 6, 2021
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WASHINGTON – Today, Representative David Trone (MD-06) released the following statement following reports of a shooting in Frederick, Maryland:
April 1, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force Reps. David Trone (D-MD), Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) released the below statement following the release of the priorities for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
April 1, 2021
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WASHINGTON – Today, Representative David Trone (D-MD), along with fellow Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force Co-Chairs Representatives Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), introduced the Honoring National Recovery Month Act to provide consistent funding for National Recovery Month programming. The Senate companion bill will be introduced by Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
March 31, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) released the below statement following the release of President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan, a multi-trillion dollar investment to rebuild American infrastructure and create millions of good-paying jobs.
March 30, 2021
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WASHINGTON – Today, Representative David Trone (D-MD) announced that he teamed up with Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) in an effort to increase the availability of federal funding for child care development.
March 30, 2021
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman David Trone and Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) today announced $100,000 in federal funding for Frostburg State University for the Western Maryland Advanced Technology Center (ATC). Along with $220,000 in local matching funds, these federal resources will support workforce and economic development in Western Maryland.
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February 2, 2021
U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-Md. 6) joined County Council President Tom Hucker at a media briefing Monday to discuss how the Biden administration would work with Montgomery County.
Trone discussed support for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal, noting that it includes $350 billion in funding for state and local governments, which was not included in the relief package passed in December.
January 29, 2021
No matter what report officials look at, the number of opioid-related overdoses in Washington County was up significantly last year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the opioid epidemic on several fronts, said Vicki Sterling, director of behavioral health services for the Washington County Health Department.
Fewer outreach events are held and not as many participate as previously when those events do occur, Sterling said.
January 26, 2021
(January 26, 2021) - House Democrat David Trone of Maryland and two Republican colleagues introduced bills that would create a task force and a grant program focused on mental health and addiction treatment.
A bill (HR 434) co-sponsored by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., would establish a joint task force meant to prevent mental health crises caused by public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 25, 2021
WASHINGTON (WDVM) — Maryland Congressman David Trone speaks with our Joseph Olmo after he attended the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
Congressman Trone discusses what he thinks the new president should do to move the country forward.
January 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — Maryland state officials and federal representatives released reactions to the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday afternoon.
Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, was one of the governors attending the ceremony that marked the shift to a Democratic administration.
January 22, 2021
WASHINGTON (WDVM) — On President Biden’s first full day in office, Maryland Congressman David Trone introduced two new bipartisan bills.
The bills — titled the “Preventing Mental Health and Substance Use Crises During Emergencies Act” and the “Family Support Services for Addiction Act” — center around mental health and addiction reform, two issues the congressman has been very vocal about in the past. The bills were introduced with Congressman Steve Womack (R-AR) and Congressman Dan Meuser (R-PA), respectively.
January 21, 2021
U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) said being at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday “felt like a weight being lifted off your shoulders.”
Trone, a Potomac resident who represents Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District, was among the members of Congress who attended Wednesday’s ceremony. Trone’s wife, June, was with him.
January 20, 2021
CUMBERLAND — With four compounding crises in play at once, U.S. Rep. David Trone says politicians at all levels of government would do well to focus on bipartisan solutions aimed at ultimately saving lives.
During an interview Tuesday, Trone (D-Md.) said he expects the country’s opioid epidemic to continue worsening — in turn exacerbating rising rates of depression, anxiety and suicide unless action is taken, and soon.
January 19, 2021
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WDVM) — As millions of Americans gathered together to remember one of the most influential figures in American history, local leaders discussed how far we have come since the days of the civil rights movement.
Congressman David Trone held a roundtable discussion with civil rights legend Willie Pearl Mackey-King and Nahom Tekle of the Brothers Academy. During the conversation, the group discussed their personal experiences combating racial injustice in their lives, the systemic barriers that negatively impact communities of color, and expressed their shared belief that conversations about racial justice are how progress is made.
January 19, 2021
Ask Ali Zia what he wants to study when he graduates North Hagerstown High School and the junior talks about using science to help society.
But he isn't waiting.
Ali, along with friends and schoolmates, is involved in several projects to help others. At least two focus on assisting Spanish-speaking families and students with accessing information about virtual learning and the federal government.
The 16-year-old coder has helped create websites, written in Spanish, to educate a growing segment of the U.S. population and co-created an app that recently won a 6th Congressional District contest.