This isn’t a partisan issue, and I am committed to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to marshal federal resources to help our communities fight this epidemic and save lives.
Work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to marshal federal resources to help communities fight the opioid epidemic and save lives.
Occurrences
Evidence
Foster announced 20 Community Project Funding requests for FY2027 and said he looked forward to working with the Appropriations Committee to secure the funding. The public list on the page covers STEM, water and sewer, housing, transit, emergency-response, and other local infrastructure projects; it does not identify an opioid-specific request.
The House issue page says Foster is committed to working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to marshal federal resources to help communities fight the opioid epidemic and save lives. The page also links prior opioid-related legislation and votes from 2021-2024.
Assessments
Foster appears to have taken some in-office action consistent with the promise: his House opioid issue page states the commitment and points to opioid-related legislation and votes from 2021-2024, which supports that he worked on the issue while serving. But the provided evidence does not show a clearly completed outcome in which he demonstrably secured specific federal opioid-response resources for communities or otherwise fully delivered the promise. The FY2027 community funding request announcement shows general resource advocacy, but not opioid-specific delivery. On this record, the strongest judgment is partial rather than full delivery.