{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-statement-on-opioid-crisis-being-declared-nationwide-public-health-emergency", "Donnelly Statement on Opioid Crisis Being Declared ‘Nationwide Public Health Emergency’", "2017-10-26", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly Statement on Opioid Crisis Being Declared \u2018Nationwide Public Health Emergency\u2019\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tSenator welcomes President\u2019s announcement and pushes for more to be done to utilize every available tool to confront escalating epidemic\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, October 26, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, a leader in the Senate\u2019s fight against the opioid epidemic, released the following statement after President Trump directed his Administration to declare the epidemic a \u2018nationwide public health emergency.\u2019 Last week, Donnelly reiterated to President Trump, in a letter, the need for significant federal action to combat this crisis.\r\nLast year, several of Donnelly\u2019s provisions were signed into law, and he successfully advocated and continues to advocate for funding\u00a0that would expand prevention and treatment programs. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and the 21st\u00a0Century Cures Act, both of which Donnelly helped get passed and signed into law, have programs and funding to combat the opioid abuse and heroin use epidemics.\r\nThrough the Cures Act, Donnelly helped Indiana secure nearly $11 million in federal grant funding this year that will support prevention, treatment, and recovery services across the state.\r\nDonnelly said, \u201cWe know it will take an all-hands on deck approach at the federal, state, and local levels to combat the opioid epidemic. The President\u2019s announcement is another important step in the ongoing effort to bring more awareness to this escalating crisis that has devastated families and communities across Indiana and our country. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues in the Senate, and with President Trump, to provide the resources needed for prevention, treatment, recovery, and enforcement, and to move my bipartisan legislative proposals forward, including those that would increase access to telemedicine and address the shortage of providers treating substance abuse.\u201d\r\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://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-statement-on-opioid-crisis-being-declared-nationwide-public-health-emergency"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9881570003926754, "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"}