{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-meets-president-youth-vaping-epidemic", "Romney Meets with President on Youth Vaping Epidemic", "2019-11-22", "2019", "2019-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Mitt Romney", "R000615", "www.romney.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Romney Meets with President on Youth Vaping Epidemic\n      \n            Friday, November 22, 2019\n\n      \n            WASHINGTONU.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today released the following statement after attending a White House meeting on the vaping epidemic with the President, industry representatives, and health advocates:  \n         \nI appreciated the President's efforts to bring together stakeholders and experts to discuss proposals to solve the youth vaping epidemic. Everyone agrees that this is a serious problem, but it's clear there are differing views about the best way to develop responsible guidelines to protect our kids. While I hope the Administration will act without further delay on its prior proposal to ban flavors that appeal to kids, I will also continue to push for my legislation that bans flavors, ensures that vaping cartridges are tamper-proof, and bans e-cigarettes from schools.           \n      \nVideo of the meeting can be found on CBS News' website here.  \n                                              \nBackground:\n \n\tAt a hearing earlier this week, Senator Romney urged Dr. Stephen Hahn, the nominee to serve as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, to support a flavor ban. He met with Dr. Hahn earlier in the month to discuss the issue.\n\tIn September, Senators Romney and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Ending New Nicotine Dependencies (ENND) Act, which would regulate e-cigarette standards and protect public health by prohibiting non-tobacco flavors and ensuring that electronic nicotine delivery systems are tamper-proof.\n\tIn June, Senators Romney and Mark Udall (D-NM) introduced the Smoke-Free Schools Act of 2019 to ban e-cigarette use in educational and childcare facilities.\n\tIn April, Romney helped introduce the bipartisan Tobacco to 21 Act, legislation that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to anyone under the age of 21.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-meets-president-youth-vaping-epidemic"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0136370547115803, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}