“Tim Ryan has a proven record of working across the aisle to combat this epidemic,” campaign spokesperson Levy said in a statement.ĭuring the same years that the now-shuttered Our Ohio Renewal was operating in southern Ohio, Ryan was casting votes in Congress on a host of bills aimed at tackling various elements of the opioid crisis - sometimes for, sometimes against.
Ryan's campaign said the congressman had helped bring funding to health care providers and law enforcement officials working to fight opioids and had worked to expand access to treatment for residents with substance abuse issues. Vance has said that he did not know about the addiction doctor’s ties to Purdue Pharma, but that he “remains proud of her work to treat patients, especially those in an area of Ohio who needed it most.” Ryan's early ads called Vance's Our Ohio Renewal a "sham" that "didn't fund a single addiction program" to fight the crisis, but rather backed efforts that "made it worse." A second ad featured an August Associated Press article detailing a residency the nonprofit organized for an addiction doctor with links to Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of Ox圜ontin. Vance’s campaign has not received any donations from the PACs. About $4.5 million of that went to Democrats, and the other roughly $6.2 million went to Republicans. The three companies’ PACs have donated nearly $10.8 million combined to a wide range of candidates across the country since 2007, according to campaign finance figures compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. The opioid crisis was ongoing during all those years. The company’s PAC has given him $21,000 since 2007, including $5,000 this August. The distributor most generous to Ryan was from Cardinal Health Inc., a multinational health care services company headquartered in his home state. Republicans see the seat as a critical one to hold if they hope to retake the Senate, while a flip to Democrats would be a major victory in the increasingly conservative-leaning state. Ryan and Vance are locked in a tight contest for the coveted open Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. It had not yet reported its latest fundraising figures Wednesday. Vance's campaign said accepting the donations represented “shameless hypocrisy” by Ryan. Vance's nonprofit, Our Ohio Renewal, spent far more than that "for political polling and consultant fees to his top political advisor - when it wasn't promoting a Purdue Pharma-linked doctor with a reputation for downplaying the deadly threat of Ox圜ontin,” spokesperson Izzi Levy said. Ryan's campaign spokesperson called him “one of Congress' most outspoken fighters against the opioid epidemic.” She noted that Cardinal is a major Ohio employer and the companies' donations represent just one-fifth of 1% of the $17 million Ryan raised this quarter alone. Still, contributions from those donors are notable as Ryan hammers the spotty record of the anti-opioid nonprofit started by his Republican opponent, “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance. The trio's combined giving to Ryan of $27,000 represents a fraction of the $50 million he has collected over the course of his career.
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