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Lamar Alexander's Public Statements on Issue: Drugs

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07/06/2016 Alexander: Opioid Abuse Kills More Tennesseans Than Car Accidents or Gunshots
07/06/2016 Johnson, Mooney and Alexander Praise Administration Plan to Remove Pain Management Measures from Medicare Payment Calculations
07/06/2016 Alexander Urges Senate, House, and White House to Support Opioid Conference Report, Provide "Substantial Boost to Those Fighting on Front Lines of Opioid Epidemic"
07/06/2016 Alexander: Obama Administration Takes "East Tennessee Common Sense Advice," Will Remove Pain Management Questions from Medicare Payment Calculations
07/05/2016 Letter to the Honorable Fred Upton, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce - Refusal to Sign Opioid Conference Report Without Funding to Combat Drug Addiction Epidemic
05/04/2016 Alexander: Senate Bill to Spur Treatments, Cures for Patients Would Be "Most Important Legislation This Year"
04/21/2016 Alexander: Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Legislation that Will Help Tennessee Fight Crime, Build Infrastructure, Clean Up Meth Labs
03/10/2016 Alexander: Senate Takes Important Step to Address Epidemic Claiming More Than 1,000 Tennesseans' Lives Each Year
12/08/2015 Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Alexander, Hearing on Opioid Abuse in America: Facing the Epidemic and Examining Solutions
12/08/2015 Alexander: "More Than 1,000 Tennesseans Die Each Year" From Opioid Abuse--"Nation Must Act to Combat this Growing Epidemic"
11/19/2015 Nomination of Dr. Robert Califf
10/28/2015 Letter to Howard Shelanski, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Halt Harmful Opioid Rule
10/22/2015 Alexander: Senate Passes Bill To Address Tennessee's Tenfold Increase in Infants Born Addicted to Drugs
10/21/2015 Alexander Commends Health Secretary Burwell for Listening to Knoxville-Area Concerns about Epidemic of Painkiller Abuse
10/21/2015 Alexander Commends Health Secretary Burwell for Listening to Knoxville-Area Concerns about Epidemic of Painkiller Abuse
09/30/2015 Alexander: Senate Advances Bill That Would Address Tennessee's Tenfold Increase in Infants Born Addicted to Drugs
09/09/2015 Manchin, Kaine, Warner Call for Investigation into FDA Decision on Oxycontin
09/04/2015 Alexander: Tennessee to Get "Big Boost" in Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Affecting About 5 Percent of Tennesseans
08/04/2015 Letter to Members of the Senate - Join Effort to Provide Life-Saving Treatment to Epilepsy Patients
02/05/2015 Alexander Statement on Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Stepping Down from the FDA
02/03/2015 Alexander, Murray Announce Initiative to Examine Drug, Device Development and Review Process
11/24/2014 Harkin, Alexander: One Year Anniversary of Major HELP Committee Legislation to Better Secure the Nation's Drug Supply
04/10/2014 With Abuse and Overdose Rates at an All-Time High, Harkin and Alexander Announce the HELP Committee Prescription Drug Abuse Working Group
02/12/2014 Letter to Maragret A. Hamburg, MD, Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration - Push for FDA Accountability on its Approval of Powerful Pure Hydrocodone Product
02/05/2014 GOP Senate, House Lawmaker Inquiry Reveals Weak Administration Oversight of Drug Discount Program for Uninsured, Low-Income Americans
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