Trump's drug czar nominee out after "60 Minutes" opioid report

this Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Pa., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

President Trump announced Tuesday that his nominee for drug czar, Rep. Tom Marino, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position.
"Rep.Tom Marino has informed me that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar," Mr. Trump said. "Tom is a fine man and a great Congressman!"

Rep.Tom Marino has informed me that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar. Tom is a fine man and a great Congressman!

                           — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2017

 The announcement came following a joint investigation by CBS' "60 Minutes" and The Washington Post on the opioid crisis.

The report found that Congress helped disarm the Drug Enforcement Administration during the height of the crisis. Marino, R-Pennsylvania, was the chief advocate for the bill at the center of the investigation.
The bill weakened the DEA's control over opioid drug distributors.
About 15 minutes after Mr. Trump sent his tweet Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence spoke about Marino's withdrawal in a radio interview.
"We think very highly of Congressman Marino and respect his decision to withdraw," Pence told WMAL radio.
On Monday, Mr. Trump said during an impromptu press conference in the White House Rose Garden that he would "make a change" if he decided the bill Marino sponsored was "negative."
"If I think it's 1 percent negative to doing what we want to do, I will make a change," Mr. Trump told CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett.
The president also said Monday that he hadn't spoken to Marino about Sunday's report.
"He's a good man," Mr. Trump said. "I have not spoken to him, but I will speak to him, and I'll make that determination."
Marino's nomination was pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but no confirmation hearing for him had been scheduled, CBS News Radio White House correspondent Steven Portnoy reports. Mr. Trump sent up the nomination in early September.
A staffer for Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa and the committee's chairman, told Portnoy on Monday that Marino had yet to submit the questionnaire given to him by the committee, and as a result a hearing hadn't been scheduled.