{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/icymi-greg-walden-opioid-abuse-crisis-doesn-t-pick-parties", "ICYMI: Greg Walden on opioid abuse: This is a crisis that doesnt pick parties", "2017-07-06", "2017", "2017-07", "Republican", "House", "OR", "Greg Walden", "W000791", "walden.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "ICYMI: Greg Walden on opioid abuse: \u201cThis is a crisis that doesn\u2019t pick parties\u201d\u00a0 Shares personal stories from Oregon to highlight widespread impact of the epidemic\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is continuing his efforts in Congress to shed light on the impact of the nationwide opioid epidemic in Oregon. Most recently, Walden joined The Washington Post\u00a0 for a panel discussion on \u201cAddiction in America\u201d and spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives about how this crisis is hurting Oregon families. Walden shared personal stories he has heard from Oregonians at roundtables\u00a0 throughout southern, central, and eastern Oregon to highlight the widespread reach of opioid abuse in Oregon communities.\n    Click here or on the image above to view Walden\u2019s remarks at the \u201cAddiction in America\u201d panel discussion\u00a0\n\u201cThese issues don\u2019t pick parties when they show up on your doorstep,\u201d said Walden at The Washington Post\u2019s event. \u201cThis is having unbelievable consequences across our country.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\nWalden joined his colleagues on the floor of the House of Representatives to call for a bipartisan effort to tackle opioid abuse head on. Walden emphasized that the crisis has touched every corner of the country and is an equal opportunity destroyer.\u00a0\n\u201cThe opioid epidemic has hit close to home in Oregon -- where more people now die from drug overdoses than automobile accidents,\u201d said Walden. \u201cI\u2019ve met with community leaders, first responders, doctors, patients, and those on the front lines of this fight.\u00a0 At roundtables throughout my district, I\u2019ve heard firsthand accounts of the impact of the opioid epidemic on Oregon. And it didn\u2019t matter if I was in a rural eastern Oregon community or a more populated city in southern Oregon \u2013 the tragic stories were all too similar and all too familiar.\u201d\u00a0\nClick here or on the image above to view Walden\u2019s speech on the floor of the House of Representatives\u00a0\nAs Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Walden is at the forefront of battling\u00a0the epidemic in Oregon and across the country. Walden noted that the Energy and Commerce Committee will be working to examine effective strategies to combat the crisis in local communities.\u00a0\n\u201cAt the Energy and Commerce Committee, we stand shoulder to shoulder -- all of us together -- to seize the opportunity before us,\u201d he said.\u00a0\nWalden\u2019s committee has announced a hearing for Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 10 a.m. EST to address this issue. The hearing is entitled, \u201cCombatting the Opioid Crisis: Battles in the States\u201d, and will focus on current challenges in combatting the epidemic, ways the federal government can assist, and efforts on the ground that have begun to make a difference.\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/icymi-greg-walden-opioid-abuse-crisis-doesn-t-pick-parties"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3427329249680042, "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"}