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Fleischmann Offers Resource Guide for Families Impacted by the Heroin and Opioid Epidemic

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Chuck Fleischmann unveiled a Comprehensive Addiction Resources Toolkit today to help the families across the nation address the issues associated with addiction.

More Americans die each day from drug overdoses than from car accidents – an average of 129 people per day, with six out of 10 deaths related to opioids.

Fleischmann and Commandant Neller
Host Media Opportunity Before Armed Forces Day Parade

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Chuck Fleischmann and General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, invite members of the media to a press conference on Friday,May 6, 2016, before they attend Chattanooga’s Armed Forces Day Parade. The Congressman and Commandant will give remarks and provide an opportunity for a brief Q&A session.

Fleischmann’s Bill H.R. 4820, the Combating Terrorist Recruitment
Act of 2016 Passes the House

Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Congressman Chuck Fleischmann’s bill H.R. 4820, the Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 322-79. Fleischmann’s legislation requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to utilize testimonials from former extremists and defectors to counter-message propaganda used in recruitment efforts of terrorist groups like ISIS.