Richard Hudson: “We have a crisis of youth vaping, and we have seen a disturbing number of lung injuries and deaths tied to the oil used…”

“We have a crisis of youth vaping, and we have seen a disturbing number of lung injuries and deaths tied to the oil used in marijuana vaping, but this bill does nothing to impact either. In fact, Republicans offered an amendment in committee to ban flavored marijuana vaping, the root cause of lung injuries and deaths, and every single Democrat voted ``no.'' The fact is, working with President Trump, this Congress has already taken major bipartisan actions to combat the youth vaping epidemic. We have already raised the age to purchase tobacco products to 21; the President banned flavors in e-cigarettes; and the House passed legislation to require an ID check at every tobacco point of sale. Clearly, there is bipartisan support on this issue. Unfortunately, this is not what we are voting on today. The bill before us today is a partisan publicity stunt. This bill is not about youth vaping. This bill is the worst example of Big Brother, liberal elites telling the rest of us how to live our lives. They say tobacco vaping, a safer alternative to smoking, is bad, but marijuana vaping, the root cause of injury and death, is okay. The $100 cigars that their liberal elite campaign donors smoke, those are okay, but cheaper cigars and menthol cigarettes smoked by working men and women in this country, those would be banned. You can vape flavored marijuana in San Francisco, but they are going to take away your flavored dip in Scranton.…”