“Small business owners are innovative, driven, and scrappy – they often operate on razor-thin margins and are constantly finding new ways to grow. But President Trump’s tariffs are needlessly causing immense uncertainty for small business owners, forcing them to make layoffs, increase prices for their customers, and even close their doors. Through new data and the direct experiences of individual small business owners, this report demonstrates the ways in which tariffs are already hurting small businesses,” said Senator Maggie Hassan, Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee.
Apr 14 2025
REPORT: New Data Show Role of Medicaid – Especially Medicaid Expansion – in Combating the Fentanyl Crisis
“The Trump Administration and Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle agree that access to addiction treatment is a critical tool in combatting the fentanyl crisis – and as this new report highlights, Medicaid is what enables one million people to get medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, the gold standard of addiction care,” said Senator Maggie Hassan, Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee. “President Trump and Congressional Republicans have proposed gutting Medicaid — in order to pay for tax breaks for corporate special interests and billionaires — which would jeopardize addiction care just as our country is finally starting to see progress in addressing the fentanyl crisis.”