One day after the president signed a $6 billion health bill, senators are pressing Washington officials for Connecticut’s full share of funding to combat the opioid epidemic.

“Connecticut has seen over 700 drug-related deaths in just the last year,” Sen. Chris Murphy said in a prepared statement. “Treatment centers have months-long waiting lists and families looking for help have nowhere to turn.”

Murphy, co-author of a mental health reform act that was passed as part of the larger health bill signed by President Obama on Tuesday, spoke with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to request priority attention for Connecticut, according to a release.

Meanwhile, Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote to Burwell and to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, asking for “rapid distribution of funding authorized in the law to fight the opioid and heroin epidemic,” to ensure that Connecticut receives a substantial allocation, according to a release.

Drug overdose deaths in Connecticut increased to 2,000 between 2012 and 2015. More than 500 opioid overdoses are expected by the end of 2016, he said.

“In the face of these startling numbers, Connecticut’s countless first responders, law enforcement agents, substance use disorder specialists, families, and people struggling with addiction have been forced to manage severely limited resources to mobilize against opioid misuse and abuse,” Blumenthal wrote to the federal officials.