[inaudible conversations] please grab a seat, we were going to start. Good morning and welcome too, im the senior fellow at gmf and i direct the frontline of Democracy Initiative here in washington. I want to welcome our guest, Ukraines Deputy Prime Minister european and the integration and its great to have you here, you had an incredibly busy schedule over the last couple of days and very successful meetings on capitol hill in the Trump Administration, its a busy time for you and is busy in washington all the way across town with Certain Committee hearings taking place. I want to welcome you. This is incredibly important time for you to be here in washington and in some sense the zelensky government took Office Offspring and is been in office for six months and since the beginning of september it is been an incredibly busy time for the new laws being passed and a focus on anticorruption and also this week its hard to believe it was only four days ago that the normandy meeting took pl
Were going to start. Good morning, and welcome to the German Marshall Fund of the United States. , am thus in your fellow at gmf frontlineect gmfs for Democracy Initiative here in washington. I want to welcome our guest, Ukraines Deputy Prime Minister for european and euro atlantic integration. It is great to have you here. I know you have had a busy schedule the last couple of days, very successful meetings both in capitol hill but also with the Trump Administration. Its a busy time for you. Of course it is fairly busy in washington all the way across town, with Certain Committee hearings taking place. I want to welcome you here. Needless to say, this is an incredibly important time for you to be here. In some sense, the zelenskiy government, he took office last ring, has been in office now for rada inhs, and a new place since the beginning of september. It has been an incredibly busy time. You laws passed, a focus on anticorruption, and also just this week, it is hard to believe it w
As all you know took office last spring, has been office now for six months. Its been an incredibly busy time for the new laws passed, focus on anticorruption and then also just this week its hard to believe it was only four days ago that nobody meeting took place with president zelensky, president putin i think had a first meeting facetoface meeting since 2016. Mr. Macron, mrs. Merkel as well during the time that the people of our interest to get a better understanding of the outcome of that meeting. Theres a sense of different obligations, responsibilities that came out of that meeting, including the rada passing i think an extension of special status, the don bosco part of the donbass which you will explain but were hoping really today to speak to you about a couple different issues and conversation. Well story and then open it up to those who are participating. This is an on the record conversation and we very much appreciate that you could be here and spend some time but really to
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 rise in vaping among middle schoolers, as a parent of three children, these statistics are extremely disturbing. The data also shows that flavors are driving youth vaping use. 72 of youth who vape used flavors, and 64 of all kids who they use meant or mental, which by the way it is the most popular flavor. That makes sense because the data also confirmed and most people who they present. And with this data, the Publ
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