QUINCY, Mass. — One of our Massachusetts' top democrats blasted the president Monday, saying he needs to be held accountable for what he says.
Senator Elizabeth Warren was in Quincy to lay out her agenda, but faced plenty of questions about the agenda in Washington.
Warren came to Manet Community Health Center in Quincy, shaking hands and talking with medical professional about ways Washington can help fight the opioid addiction.
Warren is surveying dozens of Massachusetts groups that treat people struggling with addiction.
“I think we need to devote more resources at the federal level to dealing with that problem,” said Warren.
Warren says that providing "adequate funding for access to quality behavioral health services should not be a partisan fight."
Warren said the survey will ask about a range of topics, including patient access, treatment services, insurance coverage and health care financing for patients.
Warren said the survey of more than 70 organizations that provide behavioral health treatment and recovery services for patients suffering from substance use will help determine the challenges facing those groups.
But it was the focus afterward where she faced many questions on Washington politics at their extreme right now, as congress battles over changes to the Affordable Care Act.
Warren said she has vowed to fight the changes.
“The plan that’s been introduced by the Republicans and that Donald Trump has endorsed would cut millions of people out of healthcare and at the same trime, drive up costs for those who are able to keep their healthcare,” Warren said.
Facing a deadline to present evidence on Trump’s claim Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, the White House didn’t have any Monday.
In Quincy, the Democratic Senator said the president should be held responsible for what he has said on this issue so far.
“Donald Trump is trying to find a way to distract people from the fact that his presidency is failing and that he is breaking the promises he made to the American people,” said Warren.
Senator Warren also said the president can't be given a free pass on saying whatever he wants to say, and needs to be held accountable.
When asked if she thought the president was lying, she said simply, “who knows.”
The Associated Press Contributed to this report.