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| https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3ED16FE4-2C18-4742-8FF1-C1CD603AA838 | Portman Backs New Opioid Funding, Expresses Disappointment CR Doesnt Include Full Miners Bill | 2016-12-09 | 2016 | 2016-12 | Republican | House | OH | Rob Portman | P000449 | www.portman.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Continuing Resolution to fund the government through April 28: “Today’s vote is an important step forward in the fight against addiction. Not only does this measure put us on track to fully fund the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, but it adds another $500 million in funding to help combat the heroin and prescription drug epidemic, consistent with the CURES legislation. In just one year, we’ve passed important new policy reforms and provided a significant boost in funding, and I believe it will make a real difference in our efforts to turn the tide of addiction in our country. “I’m pleased that this legislation includes funding to continue the cleanup work at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which is critical for jobs, economic development, and the future of southern Ohio. This funding will help ensure that we avoid layoffs at this important project. “Lastly, I’m very disappointed that the full Miner’s Protection Act wasn’t included in the measure, and that’s why I voted no on cloture today. More than 22,000 retired miners and their families are counting on Congress to do the right thing, and it is disgraceful that this bill extends health coverage for only four months. Moreover, the bill takes $47 million from the private health trust of one set of mine workers to pay for $45 million in benefits to a different, broader, set of mine workers, and then Washington pockets the remaining $2 million in seized health funds. We should keep our promises to retired coal miners, and I intend to keep fighting for them and for the full Miner’s Protection Act until it is signed into law.” ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |