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On the recordFebruary 28, 2020
I include in the Record 10 letters in opposition to H.R. 2339. The first letter is from a group of letter-writers that would include the Drug Policy Alliance, the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, the National Action Network, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Social Workers, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the American Civil Liberties Union. Other letters come from the National Taxpayers Union, Freedom Works, R Street Institute, Citizens Against Government Waste, and the National Association of Convenience Stores. Monday, February 24, 2020. Re Coalition Concerns with Blanket Prohibition on Menthol and Other Flavored Tobacco within H.R. 2339, Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. Hon. Frank Pallone, Chairman, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, DC. The undersigned civil rights and civil liberties organizations write to express concerns with a broad prohibition on menthol and other flavored tobacco products within H.R. 2339, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019.…
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Adrian Smith
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