U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said he was humbled to learn President Donald Trump publicly endorsed him for re-election.

In a Twitter post Monday, Trump said, “Congressman Tom Reed of New York’s 23rd District has done a great job. He has my complete and total Endorsement.”

Reed, R-Corning, is seeking a fourth term to Congress and discussed the endorsement among other items during a conference call with regional media Tuesday. Reed said he has not had a chance to meet with the president while campaigning for re-election.

“I am very humbled,” Reed said of the president’s comments. “We have a great relationship together. … I appreciate the endorsement.”

The congressman also took the chance to again denounce his opponent, Democrat Tracy Mitrano, in the upcoming general election on a few fronts, including her view on open heroin injection sites. The sites — which have received attention in larger cities — would allow supervised drug consumption with sterile equipment. Injection sites also have staff who can direct users to drug treatment and addiction information.

Reed said the public risk of any such site far outweigh any positive they may have.

“Only an extreme liberal ideology would support open heroin injection sites and I will not support these extremists in their effort,” Reed said. “We care about the hardworking people who choose to raise their families in the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and Western New York, and it would be unfair to them if we allowed their neighborhoods to become a haven for violence, crime and homelessness.”

Reed noted that he has made it a priority to make treatment available for those battling addiction. He also alluded to an increase in federal funding for more treatment facilities, including a $200,000 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Planning grant to the Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene. The funding will be used to support treatment for and prevention of substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, in rural counties at the highest risk for substance use disorder.

In response Tuesday, Mitrano said Reed has repeatedly mischaracterized what she has said regarding the injection sites. She said she supports a “multi-pronged approach” for those suffering from addition.

Mitrano said addicts “should consider options that may have been useful, one of which is safe injection sites.” Though illegal at this moment, Mitrano said the option should be “carefully considered” for communities who want to use them to control drug trafficking and get addicts into treatment.