{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-calls-all-hands-deck-combat-opioid-abuse-oregon", "Greg Walden calls for all-hands-on-deck to combat opioid abuse in Oregon", "2017-03-21", "2017", "2017-03", "Republican", "House", "OR", "Greg Walden", "W000791", "walden.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Greg Walden calls for \u201call-hands-on-deck\u201d to combat opioid abuse in Oregon \nLeads hearing on how to address deadly drug that is accelerating the addiction crisis\u00a0\nClick here or on the image above to view Walden\u2019s full remarks at today\u2019s hearing\nWASHINGTON, D.C. --\u00a0Continuing his efforts in the fight against opioid addiction in Oregon, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Hood River) led a hearing today on how to address the crisis that is plaguing the state. During the hearing, Walden discussed how to best combat fentanyl, a deadly drug that is accelerating opioid abuse in Oregon and across the country. \u00a0\n\u00a0\u201cFentanyl makes the deadly threat of opioid abuse even deadlier. In 2014 and 2015 in my home state of Oregon, a reported 49 people died from fentanyl. The number of deaths from fentanyl appears to be rising, and that\u2019s just what we know,\u201d said Walden. \u201cAs we work to combat this quickly evolving public health threat, there\u2019s an important question to be asked. How can we fight this threat when we don\u2019t even know how quickly it is spreading? \u00a0\n\u00a0\u201cCombating this growing, multi-faceted fentanyl threat will require more than the drug-control strategies aimed at opioid overprescribing and heroin. Fentanyl is a global problem that requires an urgent response. I commend the efforts of our government, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the State Department, particularly, for their success in gaining cooperation with China and the United Nations. We need to continue and support this international engagement to be successful. Like our work on the opioid epidemic last Congress, combating fentanyl truly requires an all-hands-on-deck effort.\u201d\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-calls-all-hands-deck-combat-opioid-abuse-oregon"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4631850644946098, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}