Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of those struggling with the disease of addiction. Over the last few years, it has been brutal on Americans suffering from opioid use disorder-- 100,000 dead within 12 months. These overdoses are horrible. This relentless disease has left heartbroken families across this country asking why there isn't more support for our loved ones in the grip of addiction. In today's paper, Leigh Ann Caldwell of The Washington Post reported that a cartel of clinics is trying to block legislation that would help address the opioid epidemic. Her article quotes a special interest leader saying he doesn't trust doctors. Seventy-seven million people lack easy access to a clinic, but he doesn't want his patients to be treated by doctors he doesn't trust. Maybe he wants to protect the monopoly of these for-profit clinics. It is time for us to decide that what is more important is ending the opioid epidemic. These cartels must stop. ____________________”