Hearing: "An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse in America”

Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

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Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Text of Legislation

• H.R. 654, the “Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. 955, the “Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. 1384, the “Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. 1910, the “Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. 2051, the “Methamphetamine Response Act” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. 2067, the “Medication Access and Training Expansion Act” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. 2355, the “Opioid Prescription Verification Act” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. 2364, the “Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. 2366, the “Support, Treatment, and Overdose Prevention of Fentanyl Act of 2021” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. ____, the “State Opioid Response Grant Reauthorization Act” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM
• H.R. ____, the “Streamlining Research on Controlled Substances Act” [PDF] Added 04/07/2021 at 04:56 PM

Support Documents

• Hearing Notice [PDF]
• Briefing Memo [PDF] Added 04/12/2021 at 10:25 AM
• Document for the Record - A letter from Ellen Glover, Drug Policy, Harm Reduction, and Criminal Justice Campaign Director for People’s Action [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - An April 13, 2021 letter from 5 U.S. Senators to President Biden on addressing the fentanyl crisis [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from the American Property Casualty Insurance Association [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A March 2, 2021 letter from the Federal Public and Community Defenders Legislative Committee to GAO [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from the American Academy of PAs [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the American Psychological Association [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from SMART Recovery [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Brenda Siegel [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from Jeffrey A. Singer, Senior Fellow in the Department of Health Policy Studies at the CATO Institute [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - An April 8, 2021 letter from over 100 organizations opposing the class-wide emergency scheduling of fentanyl analogues [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - Testimony from Sandra D. Comer, Professor of Neurobiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the Drug Policy Alliance [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from the American Nurses Association [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A document from the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys entitled, “Fentanyl Scheduling Charge and Response” [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative at the Pew Charitable Trusts [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the National Association of Attorneys General on the opioid epidemic [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - An April 2021 GAO report entitled “Synthetic Opioids: Considerations for the Class-Wide Scheduling of Fentanyl-Related Substances” [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the Healthcare Leadership Council [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Margaret Rizzo, Executive Director and CEO of JSAS HealthCare [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from End Substance Use Disorder [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from Senator Telena Cruz Nelson of the 36th Guam Legislature in support of H.R. 955 [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from Senator Telena Cruz Nelson of the 36th Guam Legislature in support of 5 opioids bills [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - An April 13, 2021 letter from more than 60 organizations to HHS Secretary Becerra on eliminating the X-Waiver [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from Ryan Marino, Assistant Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine & Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from the Medication Assisted Treatment Leadership Council [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the National Association of Attorneys General in support of S. 2701 [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from the National Safety Council [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document of Record - A letter from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the Partnership to End Addiction [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Shatterproof [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Charles Ingoglia, President and CEO, National Council for Behavioral Health [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - An April 12, 2021 article from The Intercept entitled, “Biden Looks to Extend Trump’s Bolstered Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing” [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - A February 25, 2021 article form the Hill entitled, “X the X-Waiver: How Congress can facilitate treatment for opioid abuse” [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Document for the Record - Testimony of Timothy B. Conley and Debbie Ackerman of Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM

Member Statements

• Opening Statement of Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Brett Guthrie, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Ranking Member of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Ann M. Kuster [PDF] Added 04/15/2021 at 01:56 PM

Hearing Record

• Preliminary Transcript [PDF] Added 05/05/2021 at 09:33 AM
• Member Attendance [PDF] Added 05/13/2021 at 02:46 PM

First Published: April 7, 2021 at 04:36 PM
Last Updated: June 9, 2022 at 11:33 AM