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WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) joined their colleagues to introduce bipartisan and bicameral legislation aimed at preventing opioid overdoses and increasing access to overdose reversal medications like naloxone, also known as Narcan. The Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits (WORK) to Save Lives Act will require the… Read more »

DENVER—Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement ahead of the unveiling of the new Leadville Irish Miners’ Memorial:  “Thousands of Irish immigrants flocked to Leadville in the 1800s seeking a better life and a job in the mines. There they faced challenges that are unfortunately all too common for immigrant families in… Read more »

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), and Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced legislation to combat the opioid epidemic, prevent overdose deaths, and limit financial burden on patients. The Hospitals As Naloxone Distribution Sites (HANDS) Act would require Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE to cover the cost when medical… Read more »

ICYMI—Last month, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) traveled across her congressional district to hear from constituents, community leaders, and elected officials about the challenges they face and share insights into her legislative efforts in Congress to address these issues and improve quality of life for Coloradans. She hosted town halls, visited small businesses, toured… Read more »

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Joe Neguse (CO-02) penned a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA) urging action on aircraft noise. Coloradans living near RMMA continue to suffer from undue noise pollution. In this letter, the representatives urged the RMMA and FAA to pursue an Airport Noise… Read more »

Link to the Original Article DENVER (KDVR) — U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen talks about fentanyl and her new bill aimed at overdose deaths on this week’s episode of “Colorado Point of View.” Pettersen, the Democrat elected last year to represent Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, is an advocate for ending the opioid epidemic, with opioid abuse personally hitting her family. Her… Read more »

Link to original article A bill U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen plans to introduce in Congress will allow hospitals across the country to get reimbursed for distributing opioid overdose-reversal treatments to people at risk for an overdose.  Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat who is vocal about her mother’s experience recovering from an opioid addiction stemming from a pain-management… Read more »

The original Article can be found here DENVER — Advocates across the country are hoping for change when it comes to preventing overdose deaths. "This is a public health emergency that demands a public health approach. Doubling down on the worst ideas of the drug war, which are incarceration and criminalization, has never worked. That will only increase overdose deaths," said Lisa… Read more »

Link to the Original Article Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen says 90% of fentanyl in Colorado and across the United States wasn't smuggled across the border but brought in by U.S. citizens at airports and seaports or delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. She says the government should screen all mail for fentanyl.  "Contrary to the rhetoric that people see at the… Read more »

Link to Original Article On Monday, 171 members of Congress signed a letter opposing the inclusion of the EATS Act in the 2023 farm bill. Four members of Colorado’s Congressional delegation — U.S. Reps. Joe Neguse, Diana DeGette, Brittany Pettersen and Jason Crow — all signed the letter sent Monday to Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture,… Read more »