{"id":123876,"date":"2021-12-13T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=123876"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:10:12","slug":"ossoff-grassley-bill-to-fight-rural-opioid-crisis-passes-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/ossoff-grassley-bill-to-fight-rural-opioid-crisis-passes-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ossoff, Grassley bill to fight rural opioid crisis passes Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/c8c0cf4c-60a1-45ae-9db8-50ebf0267705\/d69d8736-3786-4243-aaa1-cd31b0775ebd\/1280x720\/match\/931\/524\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\"><\/p>\n<h4>Fox News Flash top headlines for December 9<\/h4>\n<p>Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what&#8217;s clicking on Foxnews.com.<\/p>\n<p>A bill from Sens. Jon Ossoff and Chuck Grassley aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic in rural areas passed the Senate Thursday night via unanimous consent, as overdose deaths hit a record high in the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bill would create a pilot program specifically dedicated to fighting opioid in rural communities, which are particularly hard hit by the crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1229963608.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\"><\/p>\n<p>\n      Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks to the crowd during an outdoor drive-in rally on Dec. 5, 2020, in Conyers, Georgia. The Senate passed an Ossoff-backed bill to fight the opioid crisis in rural areas Wednesday.<br \/>\n      <span>(Jessica McGowan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With today\u2019s passage of my bipartisan bill to reduce opioid addiction, overdoses, and deaths, the Senate proved Democrats and Republicans can still work together to get things done,&#8221; Ossoff, D-Ga., said after the bill passed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks @ChuckGrassley for the teamwork,&#8221; he said in a tweet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/640\/320\/grassley.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\"><\/p>\n<p>\n      Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during testimony from Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington. The Senate passed a Grassley-supported bill to fight the opioid crisis in rural areas Wednesday. (Photo by SUSAN WALSH\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\n      <\/p>\n<p>According to the CDC, the U.S. saw more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths between April 2020 and April 2021, 75,673 of which were from opioids. That is a 35% increase in opioid overdose deaths from the previous 12-month period.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Conor Lamb, D-Pa., and Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, support the companion bill in the House. It is unclear when that lower chamber will take up the bill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ossoff-grassley-bill-rural-opioid-crisis-passes-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News Flash top headlines for December 9 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what&#8217;s clicking on Foxnews.com. A bill from Sens. 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