Margaret Hassan

Name: Urging Congress to Provide More Resources to Combat Devastating Opioid Epidemic
Author: Margaret Hassan

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Margaret Hassan (1945-2004) published works such as Changing Senate Rules to Allow Simple Majority Vote on Protecting Democracy and Urging Congress to Provide More Resources to Combat Devastating Opioid Epidemic. These writings evoke democracy, New Hampshire and elections.

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Margaret Hassan, Changing Senate Rules to Allow Simple Majority Vote on Protecting Democracy (2021)

“ We’ll wake up, cast our vote, drop our kids at school, go to work. We’ll tune back in at the end of the day to see the election results – only to learn that the vote tally is being ignored, that our votes don't matter much. We’ll learn that our legislatures are going to throw out the results and pick their own winner. We’ll see an election day that is a charade – just like in countries where democracy doesn’t exist.
Our democracy is too important to allow a minority of this body to let it slip away. We must pass legislation to protect American democracy. Our country depends on it. ”

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Margaret Hassan, Changing Senate Rules to Allow Simple Majority Vote on Protecting Democracy (2021)

“ There is no single aspect of American life that isn't related to free, fair, and impartially administered elections. We have public schools, safe neighborhoods, access to health care, support for small businesses, and access to the great outdoors – all because ordinary Americans can make their voices heard and hold their government – a government of, by, and for the people – accountable.
In America, as imperfect as we are, everybody has the opportunity to succeed, because everyone has the opportunity to vote. ”

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Margaret Hassan, Changing Senate Rules to Allow Simple Majority Vote on Protecting Democracy (2021)

“ Authoritarian regimes like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea would like nothing more than to see our great American experiment fail, to see members of this Congress stand by while our democracy withers on the vine. When Americans lose trust in our democracy, when the integrity of our elections is thrown into doubt, neither Republicans nor Democrats win – our enemies do.
But we in the Senate can stop this threat to our democracy – by acting to protect the fundamental right to vote. ”

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Margaret Hassan, Changing Senate Rules to Allow Simple Majority Vote on Protecting Democracy (2021)

“ When those in power work to create a partisan electoral system, where the focus is not on ensuring that every vote is counted, but is instead on ensuring a predetermined outcome, those in power become less and less responsive to the will of the people. And as citizens become more disenfranchised and angry, those in power increasingly rely on authoritarian methods to stay in power.
That is the road that we risk going down if this systematic undermining of our elections and our democracy continues. ”

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Margaret Hassan, Changing Senate Rules to Allow Simple Majority Vote on Protecting Democracy (2021)

“ And because that effort here in Congress is being blocked by a minority which is abusing its power, I believe the time has come to change the Senate rules to allow a straight up or down majority vote on this fundamental issue of democracy.
Our Founders understood that our democracy was a fragile thing that we would always have to fight to protect. Across every generation, Americans have signed up to serve not just to protect our physical security, but to protect our freedom. ”

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Margaret Hassan, Urging Congress to Provide More Resources to Combat Devastating Opioid Epidemic (2019)

“ Establishing comprehensive opioid recovery centers Expanding access to medication-assisted treatment, and Supporting law enforcement in its efforts to curb the shipment of fentanyl through the postal service But nobody in this body should think that our work is anywhere near complete. ”

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Margaret Hassan, Urging Congress to Provide More Resources to Combat Devastating Opioid Epidemic (2019)

“ I rise today to discuss the urgent need for additional funding to combat the fentanyl, heroin, and opioid crisis.
Mr. President, the substance misuse crisis continues to ravage communities in my home state of New Hampshire and all across our country.
People in New Hampshire are doing vital work to address this crisis and get those who are struggling the support that they need to get – and stay – healthy. ”

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Margaret Hassan, Urging Congress to Provide More Resources to Combat Devastating Opioid Epidemic (2019)

“ And what we need at the federal level is a long-term solution and additional certainty, so that states and communities know that they will have stable and consistent federal funding as they implement strategies and treatment programs that will help save lives. ”

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Margaret Hassan, Changing Senate Rules to Allow Simple Majority Vote on Protecting Democracy (2021)

“ These efforts threaten the integrity of our election system, and` that in turn threatens our peace, stability, and certainty – the very rule of law that makes individual liberty, a vibrant economy possible, and yes the peaceful transfer of power, possible. ”

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