Letters: Toomey strong on health care, McGinty on global warming

In addition to U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey being "the better choice on economic issues" (Oct. 23), he has a record as a leader on health-care issues.

As a champion to save lives in the face of the opioid crisis, Toomey authored bipartisan measures in a package of bills signed by President Obama to address the issue and promote safe use of pain medications. Fentanyl contributed to 27 percent of Pennsylvania's drug-overdose deaths last year, and Toomey has introduced legislation to hold foreign countries accountable for illegally exporting fentanyl.

As chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, Toomey works to protect hard-working Pennsylvania families and ensure affordable health care. Due to problems with the federal health care reform law, thousands of Pennsylvanians will be forced to buy a costlier, skimpier product or pay a large penalty. He is a cosponsor of bills to ensure that no one is unfairly forced to pay these fines.

We should reelect Toomey so he can continue to advance meaningful solutions to help Pennsylvanians.

|Dr. Arlin Silberman, Warrington

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty recognizes the truth in the scientific explanations for global warming. She intends to wield her influence in Congress to promote and vote for changes in environmental policy, which will serve the interest of this and future generations of Pennsylvanians, Americans, and all members of the global community. She believes, as do I, that the time has come to stop the denial of human involvement in the increasingly dire problems caused by global warming. Please consider voting for McGinty for the sake of your children, grandchildren, and the generations to come.

|Mitchell Cohen, Merion Station

In the debate at Temple University, Katie McGinty referred to Sen. Pat Toomey's financial support from the fossil-fuel industry and his opposition to federal tax incentives for wind and solar power ("Toomey, McGinty meet in final Senate debate," Tuesday). He countered that despite decades-long tax incentives to the profit-rich oil and gas industries, he did not see it as necessary to offer similar support to the renewable-energy sector.

This sector is vital if we are to head off the most devastating impacts from climate change. The Sierra Club, of which I am a member, endorsed McGinty.

|Sue Edwards, Swarthmore