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Addiction Treatment and Recovery Caucus
Congressional Caucus on Addiction, Treatment and Recovery
Help Us Reach Our Goal This Year!
Faces & Voices of Recovery and allied organizations around the country have set a goal of enlisting one-third of the members of the US House of Representatives in the Congressional Caucus on Addiction, Treatment and Recovery by the end of this year. We're getting there, but we need your help to reach our goal!
To date, 72 have joined, only 73 more to go! Thanks to the many people who have already contacted their Representatives.
About the Caucus: Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN), in recovery from alcoholism and a leading advocate for recovery, and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), a strong ally of addiction recovery and treatment, joined forces to launch a groundbreaking, bi-partisan caucus to bring members of the House together to focus attention on their shared interest and build support for policies that will support addiction recovery.
What You Can Do:
1. Check the list below to find out if your Representative has joined. (The names of Representatives who have joined are in bold.)
2. If your Representative has joined, please thank him or her and offer to serve as a resource.
3. If your Representative has not joined, please ask him or her to join today! Organize a campaign of constituents to call or e-mail and ask him or her to join the Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus. Let your elected officials know that you and other people in the recovery community can offer your knowledge and expertise to the caucus. (See the talking points for emails or telephone calls at below!)
4. Where to write or call: Go to http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml for a list of all members of the House. You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202.224.3121 and ask for the office of your US Representative.
5. If you've already contacted your Representative and he or she hasn't joined yet, call or email back today and ask for a commitment to join the Caucus.
6. Forward this Action Alert to your friends and neighbors today.
Talking Points
- Hi, my name is ___________ and I’m calling from (name of your town). I’m a member of (name of your organization).
- I want (name of your Representative) to know about an important bi-partisan group that has been formed by members of Congress, the Congressional Caucus on Addiction, Treatment and Recovery.
- I know from personal experience that recovery from addiction is a reality. (Briefly tell something about yourself, your community.
- The Caucus is an important opportunity for members of Congress to focus attention on addiction and recovery.
- I urge (name of your Representative) to sign up for the Caucus today. We (describe or name your group again) would be happy to serve as a resource for you about the impact of untreated addiction in our community and the hope that recovery offers.
- Can I count on (name of your Representative) to get in touch with Representative Ramstad or Representative Kennedy and join this important Caucus?
- Thank you for your time.
Follow up your email or phone call with a letter. Letters can be sent to:
Representative (name of your Representative)
US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The names of members who have joined the Caucus are in bold.
The names of members who have not joined are in regular type.
Alabama
Robert Aderholt, 4th
Spencer Bachus, 6th
Jo Bonner, 1st
Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, 5th
Artur Davis, 7th
Terry Everett, 2nd
Mike Rogers, 3rd
Alaska
Don Young, At Large
Arizona
Trent Franks, 2nd
Raul Grijalva, 7th
Jeff Flake, 6th
J.D. Hayworth, 5th
Jim Kolbe, 8th
Ed Pastor, 4th
Rick Renzi, 1st
John Shadegg, 3rd
Arkansas
Marion Berry, 1st
John Boozman, 3rd
Mike Ross, 4th
Vic Snyder, 2nd
California
Joe Baca, 43rd
Xavier Becerra, 31st
Howard Berman, 28th
Mary Whitaker Bono, 45th
Ken Calvert, 44th
Lois Capps, 23rd
Dennis Cardoza, 18th
Jim Costa, 20th
Christopher Cox, 48th
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, 50th
Susan Davis, 53rd
John Doolittle, 4th
David Dreier, 26th
Anna G. Eshoo, 14th
Sam Farr, 17th
Bob Filner, 51st
Elton Gallegly, 24th
Jane Harman, 36th
Wally Herger, 2nd
Mike Honda, 15th
Duncan Hunter, 52nd
Darrell Issa, 49th
Tom Lantos, 12th
Barbara Lee, California, 9th
Jerry Lewis, 41st
Zoe Lofgren, 16th
Dan Lungren, 3rd
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon, 25th
Juanita Millender-McDonald, 37th
Gary Miller, 42nd
George Miller, 7th
Grace Napolitano, 38th
Devin Nunes, 21st
Nancy Pelosi, 8th
Richard Pombo, 11th
George P. Radanovich, 19th
Dana Rohrabacher, 46th
Lucille Roybal-Allard, 34th
Ed Royce, 40th
Linda Sanchez, 39th
Loretta Sanchez, 47th
Adam Schiff, 29th
Brad Sherman, 27th
Forney Pete Stark, 13th
Ellen Tauscher, 10th
Bill Thomas, 22nd
Mike Thompson, 1st
Maxine Waters, 35th
Diane E. Watson, 33rd
Henry Waxman, 30th
Lynn Woolsey, 6th
Colorado
Bob Beauprez, 7th
Diana DeGette, 1st
Joel Hefley, 5th
Marilyn Musgrave, 4th
John Salazar, 3rd
Tom Tancredo, 6th
Mark Udall, 2nd
Connecticut
Rosa DeLauro, 3rd
Nancy L. Johnson, 5th
John B. Larson, 1st
Christopher Shays, 4th
Rob Simmons, 2nd
District of Columbia
Eleanor Holmes Norton, At Large
Delaware
Michael N. Castle, At Large
Florida
Michael Bilirakis, 9th
Allen Boyd, 2nd
Corrine Brown, 3rd
Virginia Brown-Waite, 5th
Ander Crenshaw, 4th
Jim Davis, 11th
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, 21st
Mario Diaz-Balart, 25th
Tom Feeney, 24th
Mark Foley, 16th
Alcee Hastings, 23rd
Katherine Harris, 13th
Ric Keller, 8th
Kendrick Meek, 17th
John Mica, 7th
Jeff Miller, 1st
Adam Putnam, 12th
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 18th
Clay Shaw Jr., 22nd
Cliff Stearns, 6th
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 20th
Dave Weldon, 15th
Robert Wexler, 19th
C.W. Bill Young, 10th
Georgia
John Barrow, 12th
Sanford Bishop Jr., 2nd
Nathan Deal, 10th
Phil Gingrey, 11th
Jack Kingston, 1st
John Lewis, 5th
John Linder, 7th
Jim Marshall, 3rd
Cynthia McKinney, 4th
Charlie Norwood, 9th
Tom Price, 6th
David Scott, 13th
Lynn Westmoreland, 8th
Guam
Madeleine Bordallo, At Large
Hawaii
Neil Abercrombie, 1st
Ed Case, 2nd
Idaho
Butch Otter, 1st
Mike Simpson, 2nd
Illinois
Melissa Bean, 8th
Judy Biggert, 13th
Jerry Costello, 12th
Danny K. Davis, 7th
Rahm Emanuel, 5th
Lane Evans, 17th
Luis Gutierrez, 4th
Denny Hastert, 14th
Henry Hyde, 6th
Jesse L. Jackson Jr., 2nd
Timothy V. Johnson, 15th
Mark Kirk, 10th
Ray LaHood, 18th
William O. Lipinski, 3rd
Donald Manzullo, 16th
Bobby L. Rush, 1st
Jan Schakowsky, 9th
John Shimkus, 19th
Jerry Weller, 11th
Indiana
Dan Burton, 5th
Steve Buyer, 4th
Julia Carson, 7th
Chris Chocola, 2nd
John N. Hostettler, 8th
Mike Pence, 6th
Michael Sodrel, 9th
Mark E. Souder, 3rd
Peter Visclosky, 1st
Iowa
Leonard Boswell, 3rd
Steve King, 5th
Tom Latham, 4th
Jim Leach, 2nd
Jim Nussle, 1st
Kansas
Dennis Moore, 3rd
Jerry Moran, 1st
Jim Ryun, 2nd
Todd Tiahrt, 4th
Kentucky
Ben Chandler, 6th
Geoff Davis, 4th
Ron Lewis, 2nd
Anne Northup, 3rd
Harold Rogers, 5th
Ed Whitfield, 1st
Louisiana
Rodney Alexander, 5th
Richard Baker, 6th
Charles Boustany, 7th
William L. Jefferson, 2nd
Billy Jindahl, 1st
Charlie Melancon, 3rd
Jim McCrery, 4th
Maine
Tom Allen, 1st
Michael Michaud, 2nd
Maryland
Roscoe Bartlett, 6th
Benjamin L. Cardin, 3rd
Elijah Cummings, 7th
Wayne Gilchrest, 1st
Steny H. Hoyer, 5th
Dutch Ruppersberger, 2nd
Chris Van Hollen, 8th
Albert Wynn, 4th
Massachusetts
Michael Capuano, 8th
William Delahunt, 10th
Barney Frank, 4th
Stephen F. Lynch, 9th
James McGovern, 3rd
Ed Markey, 7th
Marty Meehan, 5th
Richard E. Neal, 2nd
John Olver, 1st
John Tierney, 6th
Michigan
Dave Camp, 4th
John Conyers, 14th
John Dingell, 15th
Vernon Ehlers, 3rd
Pete Hoekstra, 2nd
Dale Kildee, 5th
Carolyn Kilpatrick, 13th
Joseph Knollenberg, 9th
Sander Levin, 12th
Thaddeus McCotter, 11th
Candice Miller, 10th
Mike Rogers, 8th
John Schwartz, 7th
Bart Stupak, 1st
Fred Upton, 6th
Minnesota
Gil Gutknecht, 1st
Mark Kennedy, 6th
John Kline, 2nd
Betty McCollum, 4th
James L. Oberstar, 8th
Collin C. Peterson, 7th
Jim Ramstad, 3rd
Martin Olav Sabo, 5th
Missouri
Todd Akin, 2nd
Roy Blunt, 7th
Russ Carnahan, 3rd
William "Lacy" Clay Jr., 1st
Emanuel Cleaver, 5th
Jo Ann Emerson, 8th
Sam Graves, 6th
Kenny Hulshof, 9th
Ike Skelton, 4th
Mississippi
Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, 3rd
Gene Taylor, 4th
Bennie G. Thompson, 2nd
Roger Wicker, 1st
Montana
Dennis Rehberg, At Large
Nebraska
Jeff Fortenberry, 1st
Tom Osborne, 3rd
Lee Terry, 2nd
Nevada
Shelley Berkley, 1st
Jim Gibbons, 2nd
Jon Porter, 3rd
New Hampshire
Charles Bass, 2nd
Jeb Bradley, 1st
New Jersey
Robert E. Andrews, 1st
Michael Ferguson, 7th
Rodney Frelinghuysen, 11th
Scott Garrett, 5th
Rush Holt, 12th
Frank LoBiondo, 2nd
Bob Menendez, 13th
Frank Pallone Jr., 6th
Bill Pascrell Jr., 8th
Donald M. Payne, 10th
Steven Rothman, 9th
Jim Saxton, 3rd
Chris Smith, 4th
New Mexico
Steve Pearce, 2nd
Tom Udall, 3rd
Heather Wilson, 1st
New York
Gary Ackerman, 5th
Timothy Bishop, 1st
Sherwood L. Boehlert, 24th
Joseph Crowley, 7th
Eliot Engel, 17th
Vito Fossella, 13th
Brian Higgins, 27th
Maurice Hinchey, 22nd
Steve Israel, 2nd
Sue Kelly, 19th
Pete King, 3rd
Randy Kuhl, 29th
Nita Lowey, 18th
Carolyn McCarthy, 4th
John M. McHugh, 23rd
Michael R. McNulty, 21st
Carolyn Maloney, 14th
Gregory W. Meeks, 6th
Jerrold Nadler, 8th
Major Owens, 11th
Charles B. Rangel, 15th
Thomas M. Reynolds, 26th
José E. Serrano, 16th
Louise Slaughter, 28th
John E. Sweeney, 20th
Edolphus Towns, 10th
Nydia Velázquez, 12th
Jim Walsh, 25th
Anthony D. Weiner, 9th
North Carolina
G.K. Butterfield, 1st
Howard Coble, 6th
Bob Etheridge, 2nd
Virginia Foxx, 5th
Robin Hayes, 8th
Walter B. Jones, 3rd
Patrick McHenry, 10th
Mike McIntyre, 7th
Brad Miller, 13th
Sue Myrick, 9th
David Price, 4th
Charles H. Taylor, 11th
Mel Watt, 12th
North Dakota
Earl Pomeroy, At Large
Ohio
John Boehner, 8th
Sherrod Brown, 13th
Steve Chabot, 1st
Paul Gillmor, 5th
David Hobson, 7th
Stephanie Tubbs Jones,11th
Marcy Kaptur, 9th
Dennis Kucinich, 10th
Steven LaTourette, 14th
Robert W. Ney, 18th
Michael Oxley, 4th
Deborah Pryce, 15th
Ralph Regula, 16th
Tim Ryan, 17th
Ted Strickland, 6th
Pat Tiberi, 12th
Michael Turner, 3rd
Oklahoma
Dan Boren, 2nd
Tom Cole, 4th
Ernest J. Istook Jr., 5th
Frank Lucas, 3rd
John Sullivan, 1st
Oregon
Earl Blumenauer, 3rd
Peter DeFazio, 4th
Darlene Hooley, 5th
Greg Walden, 2nd
David Wu, 1st
Pennsylvania
Robert Brady, 1st
Mike Doyle, 14th
Phil English, 3rd
Chaka Fattah, 2nd
Michael Fitzpatrick, 8th
Jim Gerlach, 6th
Melissa Hart, 4th
Tim Holden, 17th
Paul Kanjorski, 11th
Tim Murphy, 18th
John Murtha, 12th
John Peterson, 5th
Joseph R. Pitts, 16th
Todd Platts, 19th
Alyson Schwartz, 13th
Don Sherwood, 10th
Bill Shuster, 9th
Curt Weldon, 7th
Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Patrick Kennedy, 1st
Jim Langevin, 2nd
J. Gresham Barrett, 3rd
Henry Brown, 1st
James E. Clyburn, 6th
Bob Inglis, 4th
John Spratt, 5th
Joe Wilson, 2nd
Stephanie Herseth, At Large
Marsha Blackburn, 7th
Jim Cooper, 5th
Lincoln Davis, 4th
John J. Duncan Jr., 2nd
Harold Ford, 9th
Bart Gordon, 6th
William Jenkins, 1st
John Tanner, 8th
Zach Wamp, 3rd
Joe Barton, 6th
Henry Bonilla, 23rd
Kevin Brady, 8th
Michael Burgess, 26th
John Carter, 31st
Michael Conaway, 11th
Henry Cuellar, 29th
John Culberson, 7th
Tom DeLay, 22nd
Lloyd Doggett, 25th
Chet Edwards, 17th
Louie Gohmert, 1st
Charlie A. Gonzalez, 20th
Kay Granger, 12th
Al Green, 9th
Gene Green, 29th
Ralph M. Hall, 4th
Jeb Hensarling, 5th
Rubén Hinojosa, 15th
Sheila Jackson Lee, 18th
Eddie Bernice Johnson, 30th
Sam Johnson, 3rd
Michael McCaul, 10th
Kenny Merchant, 24th
Randy Neugebauer, 19th
Solomon P. Ortiz, 27th
Ron Paul, 14th
Ted Poe, 2nd
Silvestre Reyes, 16th
Pete Sessions, 32nd
Lamar Smith, 21st
Mac Thornberry, 13th
Rob Bishop, 1st
Chris Cannon, 3rd
Jim Matheson, 2nd
Rick Boucher, 9th
Eric Cantor, 7th
Jo Ann Davis, 1st
Tom Davis, 11th
Thelma Drake, 2nd
Randy J. Forbes, 4th
Virgil H. Goode Jr., 5th
Bob Goodlatte, 6th
Jim Moran, 8th
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, 3rd
Frank Wolf, 10th
Bernie Sanders, At Large
Brian Baird, 3rd
Norman Dicks, 6th
Doc Hastings, 4th
Jay Inslee, 1st
Rick Larsen, 2nd
Jim McDermott, 7th
Cathy McMorris, 5th
David Reichert, 8th
Adam Smith, 9th
Shelley Moore Capito, 2nd
Alan B. Mollohan, 1st
Nick Rahall, 3rd
Tammy Baldwin, 2nd
Mark Green, 8th
Ron Kind, 3rd
Gwen Moore, 4th
David Obey, 7th
Thomas Petri, 6th
Paul Ryan, 1st
James F. Sensenbrenner, 5th
Barbara Cubin, At Large
Luis Fortuno, At Large
Donna M. Christensen, Delegate