Diana DeGette

From 2011 to 2015, there was a 900 percent increase in youth vaping.

This year alone, more than 27 percent of high schoolers report they are using e-cigarettes or vaping.

Over the past several years, we have seen an acceptably high proportion of young people facing nicotine addiction.

So is the flavor strategy the only thing the FDA intends to do?

We must act to protect the American people from the myths and the misunderstanding about these products.

Our country is facing a serious public health epidemic, one that is causing severe harm.

But I had a pediatric pulmonologist in Denver tell me that what happens with this oil is it settles in kids' lungs and it impairs the development of their lungs and she has even seen kids whose lungs are like the lungs of 80-year-olds, and…

How far is the FDA prepared to go to protect the health and well-being of young people if it determines that these are unsafe?

Do you think that that is going to solve the youth vaping epidemic?

A major factor contributing to the continued dramatic rise of e-cigarette use among teens is the inundation of flavored products.

This year, more than 27 percent of high schoolers report they are currently using e-cigarettes.

The burden is on the cigarette companies to demonstrate that these products meet the FDA's health standards.

I am encouraged by this recent action, but FDA needs to provide additional details and a timeline for action.

Seniors like Cynthia deserve better. They deserve affordable medication, and it underscores why we must get this right.

I, myself, am not particularly interested in blaming, you know, one person or another for this influx of people, but today I am worried about the kids.

We do not think that at all.

I want to thank you for your service. And I also want you to communicate to your agents there at the border and your employees that we really appreciate their service too.

What is the Trump administration doing to make sure these children are properly cared for?

The leaders of these departments have deliberately implemented policies that are not in the best interest of these vulnerable children, and that is not acceptable.

This promise lacks any credibility.

The fact that it was the result of intentional Government policy is outrageous.

Commander Jonathan White--who is here again today--testified that he tried to raise the alarm within the administration about the damage that would be done by separations.

I hope the administration and HHS in particular will show good faith cooperation with Congress, end the stonewalling and air all the facts to let the American people see for themselves.

We feared about the long-term traumatic consequences these children would endure for the rest of their lives.

Frankly, we all agree it is a shameful chapter in this country's history.