Joe Manchin actually said...

In Kermit, West Virginia, a little town in Mingo County, Kermit, West Virginia, population 392 people, out-of-state drug companies, basically which are supply houses, legitimate businesses, sent 9 million highly addictive hydrocodone over 2 years to a town of 392 people.

Context

Manchin highlights the overwhelming supply of opioids to a small town in West Virginia.

06/12/2017

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