WASHINGTON — Last year, when the mother of an opioid addict testified before Pennsylvania lawmakers, Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone said he wanted to help. But he also said the government could only do so much, since it must make tough budgeting decisions.

“People are in my office all day long, I’m sure it’s the same with all my colleagues here, you know, ‘we need more funding, we need more funding,'” Saccone said at a field hearing last March.

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