Joe Manchin actually said...

"The thing that we are fighting is drug addiction here on the private sector, and there is not a single person sitting in this room who does not know somebody in their immediate family or extended fami..."

"But, if we cannot control it in the military--and, if the VA, Medicaid, and Medicare would not be dispensing opiates like M&Ms..."

"I talk to some of these veterans. They cannot transition back in because of their addiction."

"I mean, we are just giving it for every reason in the world. I mean, they have problems here, problems there."