applause thank you, thank you all very much for coming out this afternoon and let me think those who have already spoken, sylvia pallid reno, ally new sin and chris dickson, thank you very much for what you have said. What i want to do is for a little bit different than what i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion, i dont want to give you a long speech element to three hours. Think laughs i want to touch on, theres so many issues but i want to touch on some of these essential issues and get your thoughts on. I want to start off with the issue of money in politics. If you run for president of the United States it is an expensive proposition. My concern right now it is that especially since Citizens United and what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of democracy meaning one person, one vote. What most of us believe, and we were arguing about an issue people raise their hand a majority winds and everyone has the same thought. B
The subcommittee will come to order without objection the chair is authorized a recess at any the subcommittee will come to order. We are allowed to declare a recess at a time. We are examining the federal response to the epidemic of youth ecigarette used and fta food and Drug Administration compliance policy. I now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. September 11 this year the administration released disturbing results, the youth beta epidemic and at the vaping epidemic continues to grow to alltime highs. And that they use ecigarettes the trends are alarming for High School Students, as well as middle school students. Here, i show you to visuals on your rank, that is 20 of high schools were vaping, in the 2019, only 28 of by schools are vaping, meaning there is 100 and 35 increase in vaping among highschoolers. On your right, there is another visual that is more disturbing. In 2017, 3. 3 of middle schoolers were vaping, and today it is almost 11 . That is a 218
Member collins will hear from democrats and Republican Council on the findings of the inquiry. Our coverage starts live at cspan or cspan. Org or you can also find it on the free radio app. The director of the sen for for Tobacco Products testified about eliminating ecigarette use. This Committee Hearing focused on the status of the proposal to ban ecigarette flavors that was suggested by President Trump in september, but it has not yet been implemented. This subcommittee will come to order. Again, the chair is allowed to stop the Hearing Committee at any time, and this hearing is about youth ecigarette use, and fda and food and Drug Administration compliance policy. I now recognize myself for five minutes for a opening statement. The administration released deeply disturbing results from the National Youth poe back coe survey otherwise known as the nyts. And the data confirmed our fears that the youth vaping epidemic continues to grow the alltime highs. 5. 3 Million High School studen