Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019

Floor Speech

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Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, few would deny that we are facing a dangerous epidemic of youth vaping.

But the bill before us today is not about youth vaping. Instead, this legislation seeks to eliminate consumer choice of flavored tobacco products for law-abiding adults over the age of 21.

With this bill Democrats are seeking to play politics with a crisis and ram through an extreme, partisan measure that is government overreach at its finest.

We should be focused on reducing youth consumption and removing counterfeit products from the market. That is what this debate should focus on, not reducing the freedoms of law-abiding adults. Unfortunately, Democrats are making clear that they are uninterested in further action to reduce youth tobacco use. By banning flavored tobacco products and the sale of menthol cigarettes for adults, they are seeking to destroy consumer freedom in this country.

Thankfully, if this bill were to pass today, this anti-consumer choice overreach will be stopped in its tracks in the Senate.

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