of the families who've lost children to opioid addiction. >> i certainly wish that he had spoken more about what and how he plans to attack the epidemic by not providing additional funding. >> reporter: the president set wafty expectations for his efforts to tackle drug abuse during the campaign last year in places like new hampshire. >> we will not only stop the drugs from pouring in, but we will help all of those people. so seriously addicted. we'll get them assistance. >> reporter: democrats complain the president's opioid response has simply taken too long. >> i've asked him repeatedly, i don't understand the delay. i knee 11 people in ohio alone die from opioid overdose every single day, seven days a week. every week of the year on the average and my first thought was what took the president so long? >> the yays are 216, the anyway nay the 2012. >> reporter: the white house is eager to cut taxes after the house passed a new budget paving way for a sweeping tax reform