Frank Pallone actually said...

"Without adequate treatment options for those suffering from an opioid addiction, this problem will only worsen and so will the deaths and destruction we have seen play out across the United States."

"The opioid epidemic in our country continues to grow at an alarming rate."

"The Affordable Care Act, through the expansion of Medicaid, extended health insurance coverage to hundreds of thousands of Americans in urgent need of treatment for opioid use disorders."

"Should the ACA be repealed, we clearly would expect the opioid crisis, and by extension the fentanyl crisis, to worsen."