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Team, as a legislator, a mother, and a member of my community, the past week has been gut-wrenching.

As I shared with you late last week, despite Democrats fighting tooth and nail against it, the House GOP passed Trump’s abhorrent budget bill that sacrifices vital resources for our most vulnerable families to give permanent tax cuts to the 1%. The cuts to Medicaid and SNAP alone will put millions of people, mainly children, seniors and disabled Americans, in danger.

But that wasn’t all that happened last week. I also had a very intense confrontation with HHS Secretary RFK Jr.

The issues of addiction and overdose are very personal to me — as you might remember, my middle son Harry is 12 and a half years in recovery from opioid addiction, and we’ve shared our family’s journey in hopes we can help others like us. My deep gratitude for my son’s sobriety is tempered with heartbreak, too, because I’ve buried far too many young people in suburban Philadelphia.

Addiction and overdose are stealing a generation of young people in this country. But we are making progress — at least, we were.

Addiction programs that helped drug deaths plummet in 2024 now face Trump cuts.

In 2022, we lost more than 110,000 people in the U.S. to overdose. That’s about 300 people a day — a jetliner of Americans lost, every day of the year.

By 2024, though, we began to see really important progress in overdose prevention. Overdose deaths dropped by 27% — the lowest levels since 2019. So why in God’s name is the Trump Administration closing the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)? That’s the question I posed to Health and Human Services (HHS) Sec. Kennedy during a recent congressional oversight hearing.

WATCH HERE

Sec. Kennedy argued that he and President Trump are merely shifting who administers this critical program. Please — I’ve seen that one before; it’s called “shift and shaft.” And we’re not only seeing this sinister strategy at HHS — we’re seeing it at the Department of Education too.

As I said, this one was personal to me, and I know much of Trump’s budget cuts are personal to you, too. I give you my word that I will continue doing my part on the Appropriations Committee to hold this administration accountable.

— Madeleine

Madeleine is an attorney, professor, mother, grandmother, and Member of Congress, representing Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District of Berks and Montgomery Counties. She is an outspoken leader who champions progressive priorities such as education, universal access to healthcare, gun safety, and ethical government. Madeleine Dean has built a reputation for getting things done, and we need her to continue to be our voice to serve us in Congress.

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