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May 18, 2021
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Washington, DC - Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) released the below statement regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict:
May 18, 2021
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Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would be distributing $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funding for its mental health and substance use block grant programs, $60 million of which will go to Maryland. Representative David Trone (MD-06) successfully fought to secure this funding by leading a group of nearly 80 bipartisan lawmakers to urge Congressional Leadership to include funding for mental health disorder and substance use disorder prevention and treatment in the American Rescue Plan.
May 13, 2021
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Washington, DC - Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) released the below statement on Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan:
May 13, 2021
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WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Chris Stewart (R-UT) reintroduced the bipartisan Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act to help doctors and researchers better understand the impact of the alarming rate of e-cigarette use among America’s young people.
May 12, 2021
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Washington, DC - Today, Congressman David Trone (D-MD) applauded the passage of the bipartisan bill H.R. 433, the Family Support Services for Addiction Act, that he introduced along with Congressman Dan Meuser (R-PA) in January. The legislation would create a $25 million grant program over five years to help national and local nonprofit organizations provide family support services for substance use disorder treatment. The bill will now head to the Senate before going to the President’s desk for signature.
May 12, 2021
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Washington, DC - Today, Representative David Trone (MD-06) highlighted the launch of the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program and urged eligible constituents to enroll to receive a discount on their monthly internet bill.
May 6, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives David Trone (MD-06), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and David B. McKinley (R-WV-01), today led a bipartisan effort calling on the U.S. Treasury Department to allow states to use American Rescue Plan funding to combat increases in drug overdose deaths witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 5, 2021
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman David Trone, and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) today announced $260,000 in federal funding to the Asian American Center of Frederick. Funding comes from FY21 AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program and will provide social support for low-income individuals 55 and older.
May 4, 2021
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) along with Congressmen Dave Joyce (OH-14) and Tim Ryan (OH-13) announced the introduction of H.Res.364. This resolution recognizes the contributions of America’s addiction professionals workforce, which represents more than 100,000 counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals who specialize in prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery support and education. Joining the trio in this important effort are Reps. Bill Johnson (OH-06) and Paul Tonko (NY-20).
May 3, 2021
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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative David Trone (D-MD-06) announced that restaurants in Maryland’s Sixth District will be able to apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund beginning Monday, May 3, at 12:00 p.m. ET. Applicants can register on the U.S. Small Business Administration application portal beginning Friday, April 30 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
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April 22, 2021
For the past year, our nation has been focused on fighting the coronavirus. Rightly so. Today, hope in the form of a vaccine vial is reaching individuals and communities across the country. But no vaccine for the opioid epidemic is coming. It’s the crisis raging in the background, with opioid deaths surging over the past year as economic opportunities, isolation and mental health declined amid COVID-19. More than half a million people have died from opioid overdose since 1999, and more than 800,000 from drug overdoses of any kind.
April 16, 2021
Deaths from opioid intoxication in Montgomery County rose 26% — from 86 in 2019 to 108 — in 2020, according to a new report from the Maryland Opioid Operational Command Center.
April 13, 2021
Hagerstown Regional Airport will receive more than $1 million in COVID-19 relief money, according to U.S. lawmakers.
April 9, 2021
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. David Trone, D-Md., along with fellow Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force Co-Chairs Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., introduced the Honoring National Recovery Month Act to provide consistent funding for National Recovery Month programming.
April 9, 2021
Washington DC (KM) 23.6-million in federal COVID-19 economic relief is coming to airports across Maryland. That’s according to the State’s Congressional Delegation which says the funding comes from the Coronavirus Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act passed by Congress in December, 2020.
April 8, 2021
GERMANTOWN, Md. (WDVM) — Leaders from Montgomery County and the state of Maryland came together on Wednesday for a tour of the new mass vaccination site at Montgomery College in Germantown.
April 5, 2021
FROSTBURG — Frostburg State University has received $320,000 in federal and local matching funds for the Western Maryland Advanced Technology Center, which will be used to support workforce and economic development in the region.
March 31, 2021
CUMBERLAND — As part of the American Rescue Plan to expand capacity at federal community health centers for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and access to health care beyond the pandemic, the Western Maryland Health Care Corp. in Oakland will receive $1.67 million.
March 30, 2021
More than $68.8 million has been allocated to community health centers in Maryland for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and expanded health care access.
March 29, 2021
U.S. Rep. David Trone was recently elected Democratic co-chairman of the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking.