Support legislative efforts to combat the opioid epidemic in rural areas and stop the flow of illicit fentanyl into rural communities.

Congressman Rogers also voted in support of the following legislation this year, among others, to help strengthen Rural America: Legislation to combat the opioid epidemic in rural areas, including the HALT Fentanyl Act and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act to stop the flow of illicit fentanyl into our rural communities;

He backed legislation addressing opioid abuse and fentanyl trafficking in rural areas.

Congressman Rogers Continues Efforts to Expand Services and Federal Support in Rural America - Press Releases - U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers
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attack the problem through investigations, treatment and education.

The page says the drug initiative will continue addressing the prescription drug epidemic via investigations, treatment, and education.

Focus in the Fifth - U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers
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Official House issue page states that combating illegal drugs and substance use disorder is one of Rogers's top priorities. It says Southern and Eastern Kentucky was once the nation's painkiller capital, that he launched Operation UNITE, secured federal support for prescription drug monitoring programs, and supported the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, the 21st Century Cures Act, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. The page's related news also lists a June 4, 2025 post on House passage of the SUPPORT Act and an April 24, 2025 national drug summit.

This is strong official evidence that Rogers has actively backed opioid-related legislation and funding over multiple Congresses, including measures relevant to rural addiction treatment and enforcement. It supports at least partial fulfillment of the promise, though it does not prove he has solved the fentanyl flow problem in rural communities.

partial later_term A for effort

Illegal Drugs - U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers
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Rogers's official issue page says combating illegal drugs and substance use disorder has been a priority for more than two decades. It describes his role in launching Operation UNITE in 32 Kentucky counties, securing federal support for prescription drug monitoring, and supporting CARA, the 21st Century Cures Act, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. It also says 'much work remains' on the drug-abuse fight.

Strong official evidence that Rogers supported major opioid-response legislation and rural Kentucky anti-drug programs, but the page itself frames the fentanyl/opioid problem as ongoing rather than solved.

partial later_term A for effort

Illegal Drugs - U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 399 on S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, as passed 407-5. The member list records Rogers (KY), Republican, Kentucky, voting Yea.

Official roll-call evidence that Rogers voted for CARA, a concrete federal legislative effort addressing opioid addiction and recovery.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 399 | Bill Number: S. 524 | Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 592 on H.R. 34 as passed 392-26. The member list records Rogers (KY), Republican, Kentucky, voting Aye.

Official vote evidence that Rogers supported the measure that became the 21st Century Cures Act, which his office identifies as providing $1 billion for state opioid-abuse prevention and treatment activities.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 592 | Bill Number: H.R. 34
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GovInfo bill text identifies Public Law 115-271 as the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, enacted to provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment. Its table of contents includes opioid treatment via telehealth, treatment in rural health clinics, fentanyl laboratory detection, and synthetics trafficking prevention provisions.

Official bill text shows the 2018 law Rogers says he supported directly addressed opioid treatment, rural health access, fentanyl detection, and synthetic drug trafficking.

partial later_term A for effort

Public Law 115-271, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
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The House Clerk's 2018 roll-call index records Roll Call 288 on H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, as passed on June 22, 2018.

Official House records confirm House passage of H.R. 6, the SUPPORT Act. Rogers's own issue page states that he supported this law and that it authorized record funding for treatment and prevention.

partial later_term A for effort

U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call Votes, 115th Congress, 2nd Session, Roll 288
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Rogers's office reported that he co-founded the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit with Operation UNITE to generate policy and legislation through law enforcement, treatment, and education. The same release reported a CDC overdose-death decline but also discussed fentanyl being trafficked into communities and continued work on the HALT Fentanyl Act.

Official evidence of continued anti-opioid and anti-fentanyl advocacy, while also showing the problem remained active in 2025, so the promise was not fully delivered as an outcome.

partial later_term A for effort

Congressman Rogers Announced Historic Reduction of Drug Overdose Deaths & Welcomed U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Other Federal Leaders to National Drug Summit
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Rogers's issue page says Operation UNITE has helped jail nearly 4,500 drug dealers, remove more than $12.6 million worth of illegal drugs from streets, provide treatment vouchers, and support drug courts and youth programs in eastern Kentucky.

This supports meaningful implementation effort in rural Kentucky communities, especially local enforcement, treatment, and prevention, but does not establish that illicit fentanyl flow was stopped.

partial later_term A for effort

Illegal Drugs - U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers
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The same official page says the opioid crisis spread nationally and continued taking more than 100,000 American lives every year, then concludes that great strides have been made but 'much work remains.'

This is direct official-candidate evidence against treating the promise as fully delivered: Rogers acknowledges ongoing overdose deaths and continuing work.

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Illegal Drugs - U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers
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