{"id":1307613,"date":"2022-02-17T18:22:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1307613"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:22:32","slug":"democrat-blocks-bipartisan-bill-banning-funding-for-crack-pipe-drug-paraphernalia-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-blocks-bipartisan-bill-banning-funding-for-crack-pipe-drug-paraphernalia-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Blocks Bipartisan Bill Banning Funding For Crack Pipe, Drug Paraphernalia Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-blocks-bipartisan-bill-banning-funding-for-crack-pipe-drug-paraphernalia-distribution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1307613&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy blocked a vote on a bill introduced by Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio that would prohibit the federal government from funding drug paraphernalia distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio and Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/12\/rubio-manchin-pipes-act-block-feds-crack-pipes\/\">introduced<\/a> the Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems (PIPES) Act on Feb. 11, following a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-to-fund-crack-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity\/\">report<\/a> that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would fund the distribution of crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia. The White House and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/vR7kk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HHS later denied<\/a> that the $30 million grant program would fund crack pipes, with Press Secretary Jen Psaki saying that the safe smoking kits would only include \u201calcohol swabs, lip balm, other materials to promote hygiene and reduce the transmission of diseases like HIV and hepatitis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Rubio noted, the HHS confirmed in a letter to Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/marsha-blackburn-hold-government-funding-crack-pipes\/\">Blackburn<\/a> that the safe smoking kits would include mouthpieces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA mouthpiece isn\u2019t what you think, it isn\u2019t some flat thing that you put on your mouth. The mouthpiece is basically the cylindrical tube, straw-looking thing, that you attach to the crack pipe. Now the pipe will have to be shared by the addicts, but they\u2019re each going to have their own little tube that they can attach to smoke it. I just don\u2019t think the federal government should be paying for that,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently they don\u2019t want to send out the crack pipes, but they do want to send out the tubes that are attached to the crack pipes,\u201d he added, while disputing the idea that there can be a \u201csafe way\u201d to smoke crack or methamphetamines.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio requested unanimous consent to pass the bill, but Leahy objected, describing the entire issue as a \u201cmisunderstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration stated clearly that they never authorized the use of federal funding for a smoke pipe, and won\u2019t in the future. I don\u2019t think any administration has,\u201d Leahy said, claiming that Rubio\u2019s bill would \u201ccripple our ability to respond to addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe actually have to go to the CR now,\u201d he continued, referring to the resolution that would fund the federal government through March 11. Government funding expires on Friday, Feb. 18. Leahy added that a shutdown would harm American credibility amid a potential invasion of Ukraine by Russia. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/07\/house-short-term-government-funding-bill-shutdown-rosa-delauro\/\">(RELATED: House Releases Short-Term Funding Bill With Shutdown Less Than 2 Weeks Away)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir \u201cPutin will say, \u2018Why should I listen to them?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio pointed out that the Senate could not vote on the resolution to fund the government with too few senators in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>However, he added, if Putin is paying attention, \u201cI think he\u2019d be wondering, \u2018Why would I be scared of a country that\u2019s about to send out cylindrical tubing to people addicted to crack and meth?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy blocked a vote on a bill introduced by Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio that would prohibit the federal government from funding drug paraphernalia distribution.Rubio and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1307613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1307613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1307613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1307613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1307613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}