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Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 16, 2019
Location: Washington, DC

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Mrs. FLETCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2726, which simply codifies existing internal policy at Amtrak that prohibits smoking or use of electronic cigarettes on Amtrak's trains.

Amtrak instituted this policy in 1993 and has since updated it to address the use of electronic smoking devices. I think this is very important.

Last year, we addressed a similar gap in the code and included a provision in the FAA Reauthorization Act to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes on airplanes.

This bill once again puts Congress on the record as supporting protections for the traveling public from the risk of secondhand smoke.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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