Rosa DeLauro

I would say there is no evidence, and I would say that even if you like these flavors, I would--you don't do that on the backs of youth.

We have a regulatory agency that has abdicated its responsibility to regulate a product that we now find after 10 years, or whatever it is, is creating a public health crisis.

We need more education. We need more social media for kids and parents and doctors and everyone.

But if you just focus on this as a THC crisis, it is an enormous mistake.

We have got bipartisan support for this--for this effort.

We need more funding and more education, more prevention work.

There should be an interagency task force, not just a CDC task force.

We cannot allow big tobacco to use our kids as human guinea pigs.

Do you want to wait another 50 years to combat the vaping epidemic? We need to act now.

The greatest danger we face is that vaping-related lung illnesses are not only an outbreak but may, in fact, become an endemic or costly chronic disease.

I think the whole issue of what is out there and risk analysis and the whole issue of scientific data is critical to this debate.

They are all potentially dangerous, but the non-tobacco flavors are particularly attractive to young people.

I think we all want to see the recommendations as strong as possible that they translate into real action by the FDA.

Let me just say one point. The FDA at the moment has the authority. They have refused, both in the last administration and this administration, not to exercise that authority for a premarket review, which would make a determination as to…

Let me be clear. The THC, while it is a factor, it is not the only factor. Nicotine is a factor.

Let me just say the current outbreak really highlights the role of CDC and the FDA working together in terms of the public health.

It really is so heartbreaking, in addition to being outrageous, that we are at the nexus of two public health crises.

The bipartisan Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, or TCA, gave FDA the authority to regulate new tobacco products before they enter the market, and that includes e-cigarettes.

Such action is necessary because, clearly, industry self-regulation is not working.

One Juul pod has as much nicotine as one pack of cigarettes.

It is everywhere. Everyone is vaping.

People should not be dying.

The CDC has, I think, routinely warned of the health risks.

This has been a signature issue of yours, you know, for a very, very long time, and one that is near and dear to your heart.

We know that the increased numbers of young people vaping have really created a public crisis.