Rep. Angie Craig, Rep. David Trone Announce Freshmen Working Group on Addiction
Today, Rep. Angie Craig announced she is joining the Freshmen Working Group on Addiction, a bipartisan effort to promote policies to end the addiction crisis in this country.
"The addiction crisis in our country has exploded in recent years – Americans are now more likely to die from an opioid overdose than a car crash," said Rep. Angie Craig. "I'm looking forward to coming together to tackle this crisis with this bipartisan group of freshmen."
"Over a third of the freshman class has joined this bipartisan group that understands the importance of coming together to fight the addiction problem in our country," said Congressman David Trone, the group's founder. "With 192 deaths every day, my colleagues and I are ready to fight back. I'm looking forward to working with Rep. Angie Craig to bring fresh eyes and new ideas to take action against this epidemic."
The group is composed of 36 Members of the newly-elected freshman class with representatives from across the entire nation. The purpose of the group is to come together to understand the extent of the impacts of addiction and to jointly promote policies to reduce overdoses and deaths.
As part of the working group, Members will meet on a regular basis to hear from experts and stakeholders, make site visits to institutions focusing on research and treatment, and promote legislation in order to tackle the epidemic.
Current members of the Freshmen Working Group on Addiction include Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Gil Cisneros (D-CA), Ben Cline (R-VA), TJ Cox (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Deb Haaland (D-NM), Jahana Hayes (D-C), Katie Hill (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Susie Lee (D-NV), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ben McAdams (D-UT), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Max Rose (D-NY), Donna Shalala (D-FL), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Van Taylor (R-TX), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lori Trahan (D-MA), David Trone (D-MD), Steve Watkins (R-KS), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Susan Wild (D-PA).