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WASHINGTON – Congressman Keith Rothfus (PA-12), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued this statement following the House Judiciary Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee joint hearing on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recent report of the Clinton email investigation:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Keith Rothfus (PA-12) issued the following statement after the House passed his Reauthorizing and Extending Grants for Recovery from Opioid Use Programs Act of 2018 (H.R. 6029), or the REGROUP Act. This bill reauthorizes through 2023 the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program administered by the Department of Justice.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rothfus (PA-12) congratulates Pittsburgh-based Innovation Works as one of four recipients of the Department of Energy’s American Inventions Made (AIM) Onshore Prize competition. Innovation Works will receive a $150,000 grant to support collaboration between U.S. innovators who develop new energy technologies and the domestic manufacturers who produce them.
By Matthew Stevens, WJAC
WASHINGTON -- A bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-Pa., to increase funding to fight the opioid epidemic will be voted on Wednesday.
By Sandhya Raman, Roll Call
The House will begin a voting marathon Tuesday on 34 bills designed to address the opioid epidemic. While most are not likely to be contentious, two have previously stirred controversy.
By J.D. Prose, Beaver County Times
U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus has introduced legislation that would broaden access to treatment for those dealing with substance abuse disorders.
In a statement, Rothfus, R-12, Sewickley, said his Expanding Access to Treatment Act (H.R. 5769) would “provide additional resources for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to help offset the costs of training their clinicians to treat substance abuse disorders.”
J.D. Prose, Beaver County Times
Two initiatives seeking to better track federally funded efforts and grants in the opioid crisis, including one introduced by U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus, are being considered in the U.S. House.
On May 25, Rothfus, R-12, Sewickley, introduced the Coordinated Overdose and Drug Epidemic Response to the Emergency Declaration (CODE RED) Act, which was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By J.D. Prose, Beaver County Times
U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus and a Democratic colleague have introduced legislation to expand access to naloxone, the drug used to immediately treat overdose victims.
Rothfus, R-12, Sewickley, and U.S. Rep. Bill Keating of Massachusetts co-sponsored the Naloxone Guidelines Act (HR 5926).
By J.D. Prose, Beaver County Times
U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus introduced legislation last week to reauthorize an opioid-abuse grant program and increase its annual funding by nearly $230 million.
Rothfus, R-12, Sewickley, is sponsoring the Reauthorizing and Extending Grants for Recovery from Opioid Use Programs (REGROUP) Act, which would reauthorize the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice through 2023.