Frank Pallone actually said...

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

"Should the ACA be repealed, we clearly would expect the opioid crisis, and by extension the fentanyl crisis, to worsen."

"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."

"Our efforts to curb the opiate epidemic, I believe, could be severely impacted if those now receiving treatment lose their health insurance."