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Manchin: GOP Should Tackle Infrastructure, Opioid Addiction Instead of Obamacare Repeal

2017-04-10

[PJ] WASHINGTON ‐ Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said House Republicans should not have started with Obamacare as the first major issue to tackle in the new Congress, emphasizing that an infrastructure package and curing the opioid addition crisis would get more bipartisan support.

"I’ve told President Trump this, I’ve said you need some wins in the column and the bottom line is infrastructure. I don’t know a Democrat or Republican that doesn’t have an infrastructure problem ‐ that’s some commonality. I don’t know a Democrat or Republican that doesn’t have an addiction or an opioid problem; that’s something we could cure," Manchin said during the discussion "From the State Capitol to the Senate Floor" at The Atlantic’s recent Renewal Summit in D.C.

"It’s a silent killer. It doesn’t pick Democrats or Republicans or liberals or conservatives so once you find that and get a start ‐ we’ve been so far apart for so long we’ve got to find something that brings us together. Healthcare is not it. We know that, and why they went down that rat hole I have no idea," he added.

Posted by:Besoeker

#8 It's a real problem BUT the way it's discussed, especially in this case by Manchin, is trolling.

Manchin never said Obama should fix the Crack Problem In The Inner City before remaking the American Health System to begin with.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-04-10 20:43

#7 It wasn't an opiate problem until the Obamacare audits began.

Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-10 19:17

#6 Probably both Steve. Recently, I heard or read (maybe here) that opiate overdose has surpassed automotive deaths. When you mention this to people, most mention someone they know who has died of an overdose or someone who has a serious drug problem.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-04-10 15:58

#5 TSM, lots and lots of people noted the opioid addiction problem this past decade. Just that no one bothered to listen until now. Don't know if the election has anything to do with it or whether it's just reached critical mass.

Posted by: Steve White 2017-04-10 15:10

#4 Curing the opioid addiction problem? Big Pharma is not going to like this.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-04-10 11:37

#3 Isn't it funny how everyone suddenly wants to talk about Opoid addiction, which wasn't (to the powers that be) a noteworthy problem until the working class in the Northeast voted the wrong way?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-04-10 08:42

#2 And the GOP should take advice from a Democrat why?

Posted by: AlanC 2017-04-10 08:27

#1 Why can't GOP tackle both?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-04-10 05:58

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