Hearing: “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances”

Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

2123 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Support Documents

• Hearing Notice [PDF]
• Briefing Memo [PDF] Added 11/30/2021 at 01:14 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Representative John Katko of New York [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A dashboard page from Operation Lone Star updated on November 25, 2021 [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Representative French Hill of Arkansas [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - An August 2021 letter from the Drug Policy Alliance, the Leadership Conference, and 142 organizations [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from the U.S. Department of Justice [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A CNN article entitled, “Biden administration grapples with American addiction as overdose deaths hit a record high” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - Testimony from Dr. Sandra D. Comer [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the Drug Policy Alliance and other criminal justice, civil rights, drug policy, health policy, advocacy organizations, and public health professionals in support of the H.R. 2366/S. 1457 [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A Huffington Post article entitled, “White House Walks Political Tightrope With Plan to Criminalize Fentanyl” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - An Inquest article entitled, “Follow the Science” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - An October 2021 letter from the Drug Policy Alliance and other criminal justice, civil rights, drug policy, health policy, faith-based and advocacy organizations [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - An NBC News article entitled, “The war on drugs didn’t work. But Biden is doubling down on it with fentanyl analogs” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - An NPR article entitled, “A proposed Biden drug policy could widen racial disparities, civil rights groups warn” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A November 2021 letter from the Drug Policy Alliance, National Harm Reduction Coalition, People’s Action and VOCAL-NY, along with 240 other drug policy, health policy, criminal justice, civil rights and advocacy organizations [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from People’s Action [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - An Clevland.com article entitled, “Sen. Portman, save Ohio lives by supporting the MAT and STOP Fentanyl acts: Justin Hanley” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - An article from the College on Problems of Drug Dependencies entitled, “Potential unintended consequences of class-wide drug scheduling based on chemical structure: A cautionary tale for fentanyl-related compounds” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A Salon article entitled, “Democrats extend Trump drug policy that widened racial disparities- now Biden wants to keep it” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the Victims of Illicit Drugs [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Dr. Timothy Westlake [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Document for the Record - A Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Rhode Island Set to Be First State to Pilot Safe-Injection Sites for Drug Users” [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM

Member Statements

• Opening Statement of Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Brett Guthrie, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Ranking Member of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Richard Hudson [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM

Hearing Record

• Hearing: Member Roster [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM
• Preliminary Transcript [PDF] Added 12/14/2021 at 03:59 PM

First Published: November 23, 2021 at 05:43 PM
Last Updated: December 6, 2022 at 04:57 PM