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Trone Calls for Immediate Action Following New Report Showing Dramatic Increase in Opioid Deaths In Maryland Due to COVID

April 13, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) made the below statement following the release of new data from the Maryland Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC) showing a significant increase in the number of overdose deaths in Maryland in 2020. Overdoses throughout the state increased by 18.7%, while Western Maryland experienced a 45.9% increase in overdose deaths.

Trone, National Capital Region Delegation Virtually Meet with Federal Employee Unions and Employee Groups

April 12, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – This afternoon, Congressman David Trone joined a virtual discussion with Members of the National Capital Region and representatives from National Treasury Employees Union, American Federation of Government Employees, National Federation of Federal Employees, National Active and Retired Federal Employees, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, National Association of Air Traffic Controllers, National Association of Letter Carriers, American Postal Workers Unions, and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association. Congressman Trone was joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Bobby Scott (VA-03), Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Don Beyer (VA-08), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10).

Trone, Maryland Congressional Delegation Announce More Than $182 Million to Help State Bring COVID-19 Pandemic Under Control, Strengthen Local Infectious Disease Response

April 12, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David Trone, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all Md.) today announced more than $182 million in federal funding to bolster Maryland’s COVID-19 pandemic response and expand the capacity of laboratories and local health departments to fight infectious diseases.

Rep. Trone Praises President’s Budget for Proposed Investments in Fighting the Opioid and Mental Health Epidemics, Expanding Medical Research, and Reforming our Criminal Justice System

April 9, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON – Following the release of President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding request, Representative David Trone (MD-06), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, praised the request for the significant investment in fighting the opioid and mental health epidemics, investing in important medical research funding, and reforming our criminal justice system.

Trone & National Restaurant Association Help Maryland Restaurants and Bars Apply for COVID-19 Relief

April 9, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman David Trone (MD-06) hosted Aaron Frazier, Director of Healthcare and Tax Policy at the National Restaurant Association, for a discussion on relief for struggling restaurants and bars provided in the American Rescue Plan.

Trone, Maryland Congressional Delegation Announce More Than $23.6 Million in COVID-19 Relief to Support State Airports

April 9, 2021 Press Release
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 announced $23.6 million in federal COVID-19 economic relief funding for airports across the state.

Trone & Miller-Meeks Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Safely Dispose of Opioids

April 8, 2021 Press Release
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.

Trone: Marylanders on Social Security to Receive $1,400 Payments Beginning this Week

April 8, 2021 Press Release
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.

Trone, Maryland Congressional Delegation Secure More Than $54.6 Million to Expand Equitable Distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Boost Public Health Infrastructure

April 8, 2021 Press Release
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.

Trone, Kuster, Barragán, Porter Lead Letter to HHS Urging Extension and Expansion of Public Health Emergency from Opioid Crisis

April 6, 2021 Press Release
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.

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