Generation with this hightech device and claiming its not a cancer causing material. I seen doctors on tv explain that its causing anxiety disorders, compulsive disorders, and causing a destruction of concentration of young people in school. Great, i do have some other folks that have identified this is the item they want to speak on. If any of those folks want to speak on this item, come on forward. They may want to speak on the next item, which they can. All right. So, seeing no further speakers, oh. Mr. Kelly. Thank you very much, im dennis kelly, a retired teach, 35 years of classroom experience in San Francisco and the former head of the united educators of San Francisco president for 12 years. When i started teaching, we had smoking rooms for teachers on campuses. We had smoking rooms for children on campuses, also, we call them the bathrooms. We have moved away from that entirely. Because of the recognition of what cigarettes do and what smoke does to children and to other adult
Supplemented. Madam chair, i yield time to the gentleman from texas. The chair the gentleman from texas is recognized. I thank the gentleman from maryland. I appreciate my friend from new yorks concern about this important issue thats obviously paramount for the nation, her state, and the union is touched by the tragedy of the opioid abuse. Mr. Roy i do want to i do want to point out, as i ourk has been made clear by continued lack of dealing with the crisis at our border, that the impact on the opioid problem by the trafficking going on at our southern boarder is significant. And i think we all agree on that. We all recognize that. My colleague from new york and i have sat in oversight hearings where weve had witnesses there where we talk about the massive increase over the last several years in the amount of narcotics that are coming through our southern border. And this is just something that i hope we can have a bipartisan understanding and agreement on about addressing. And actual
The chair on this vote the yeas are 348, the nays are 75. He amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the quest for a recorded vote on amendment 32 printed in part b of house report 116109 offered by the gentlewoman from california, ms. Matsui, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 32 printed in part b of house report 116109 offered by ms. Atsui of california. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes y electronic device. This is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is e
Deliverable device that was not a cigarette must be safer than a cigarette. But theres not been any study to prove that presumption, and what weve seen are studies showing that people are higher risk for Heart Disease, lung disease. Now were finding flavors that are carcinogenic in the product. We have products to help people quit smoking, and california has been more successful than just about anyplace in the United States in helping people quit smoking over time, and thats borne out by 30 years of helping people quit smoking rates. I live in marin county, and we have some of the lowest smoking rates among teens in the country. We have seen a rise in recent years of ecigarette devices. Selfreporting ranges are in the range of 28 to 30 for 8th graders. Thats 0 to 30 in three years. So whatever cost it is that makes people move from regular cigarettes, theres a enormous Public Health cost. For every adult who quits smoking cigarettes, there are 80 youth that go on to smoke ecigarettes,
Good morning. The Senate Health education labor and Pensions Committee will please come to order. Todayerer holding a hearing on our nations growing Mental Health and Substance Use disorder crisis. I will have an Opening Statement following by senator murkowski. Then we will introduce our witnesses. I believe Ranking Member will join us a little later as well. After the witnesses give their testimony, senators will each is have five minute farce for a round of questions. While we werent able to have it open to the public, live video is available on our Committee Website and if you are in need of accommodations, you can reach out to the committee or office of congressional accessibility services. We continue to see a high number of new covid cases, so we are having this hearing in a larger hearing room where we can be socially distanced limiting the number of people who are in the hearing room, experience depression, anxiety and other Mental Health disorders. Drug overdoses were on the