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Oct. 23, 2019 Underwood Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Infant Mortality Rep. Lauren Underwood
Oct. 21, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ned Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Oversight Subcommittee Presses FDA to Publish Final E-cigarette Flavor Ban Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Oct. 21, 2019 Tweet - "This week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, an important reminder that we must do more to reduce the serious health effects caused by childhood exposure to lead. That's why I introduced the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act with @SenatorTimScott earlier this year." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 17, 2019 Duckworth, Fischer Introduce Bipartisan Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Oct. 17, 2019 Duckworth, Fischer Introduce Bipartisan Friendly Airports For Mothers Improvement Act Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Oct. 17, 2019 Tweet - "Talk about a day late and a dollar short. JUUL needs to get rid of the flavors most popular with kids: mint and menthol. And @US_FDA needs to keep its word and get all these dangerous and addictive flavors off the market immediately." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 16, 2019 Subcommittee Chairman Krishnamoorthi Issues Statement Following Favorable Response to Call for E-Cigarette Companies to Stop Advertising Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Oct. 15, 2019 Durbin Introduces Bill To Improve Concussion Safety In Youth Sports Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 15, 2019 Tweet - "A decade of inaction on e-cigarettes has led to 5 million children addicted to nicotine. @US_FDA can't wait any longer to act. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 15, 2019 Tweet - "Nearly 140,000 high schoolers suffer concussions every year according to @NFHS_Org, though many go unreported. Today, I introduced the Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act to help elementary and secondary schools prevent, identify, & treat concussions." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 15, 2019 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 10, 2019 Letter to Ricardo Oberlander, President and CEO of Reynolds American Inc. - Subcommittee Ramps Up Pressure on E-Cigarette Companies to End All Advertising Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Oct. 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Education Department - Senators Murray and Duckworth Call For Secretary DeVos to Start Supporting Student Parents Following Her Rejection of GAO Recommendations and Undermining Child Care Programs Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Oct. 10, 2019 Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids and JUUL has been one of the worst offenders. Today I joined @SenBlumenthal & other @SenateDems in calling on JUUL to remove forced arbitration and other anti-consumer provisions from its terms & conditions for online sales." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 9, 2019 Tweet - "Young people across the country are dying from vaping. How much longer will @US_FDA allow this to continue? #VapingTargetsKids" Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 8, 2019 Tweet - "For years, I've been asking our nation's pharmacies to remove dangerous, addictive tobacco products from their shelves. This week, @Walgreens took the important step of announcing that they would no longer sell e-cigarettes. In doing so, they have put children over profits." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 3, 2019 Tweet - "Good to see @FTC is looking into e-cigarette sales & advertising schemes. I recently sent letters to JUUL & Big Tobacco giant Altria, probing their efforts to target children & falsely claim their e-cig is a safe alternative to cigarettes. This cannot be allowed to continue." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health - Subcommittee Urges NIH to Allocate Grant Funding to Research Long-Term Health Effects of E-Cigarettes Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Oct. 1, 2019 Letter to K. C. Crosthwaite, CEO of JUUL Labs, Inc., and to Howard Willard, CEO of Altaria Group, Inc. - Durbin, Colleagues To JUUL / Altria: Protect Children Over Profits Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 Tweet - "Another disturbing announcement from @CDCgov on the vaping epidemic: more than 800 confirmed & probable cases of lung illness related to vaping, as well as 12 deaths. @US_FDA must act now. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 26, 2019 Letter to Stefano Pessina, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance - Durbin, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Brown, Reed, & Merkley Once Again Urge Pharmacies To Stop Selling Tobacco Products Amid Vaping Epidemic Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 Letter to Doug McMillon, President and CEO of Walmart, Todd Vasos, CEO of Dollar General, and John Standley, CEO of Rite Aid Corporation - Durbin, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Brown, Reed, & Merkley Once Again Urge Pharmacies To Stop Selling Tobacco Products Amid Vaping Epidemic Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 25, 2019 Letter to Richard Hill, CEO of Fontem Ventures, Eddy Pirard, President and CEO of Japan Tobacco International, USA, Inc., Ricardo Oberlander, President and CEO of Reynolds American Inc., and Ryan Nivakoff, CEO of NJOY LLC - Subcommittee Chairman Krishnamoorthi Calls on Companies to End All E-Cigarette Advertising Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 25, 2019 Tweet - "Thanks to Dr. Ezike for stopping by my office yesterday to give me an update on the youth vaping epidemic in Illinois. #VapingTargetsKids and I look forward to working together to make sure we can keep our children safe from these dangerous and addictive products." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2019 Tweet - "This is devastating. My thoughts are with the family and friends of Kentayvia Blackful. Families in America shouldn't have to go through this. We must be better - we owe it to our children." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Oct. 23, 2019 Underwood Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Infant Mortality Rep.Lauren Underwood
Oct. 21, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ned Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Oversight Subcommittee Presses FDA to Publish Final E-cigarette Flavor Ban Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Oct. 21, 2019 Tweet - "This week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, an important reminder that we must do more to reduce the serious health effects caused by childhood exposure to lead. That's why I introduced the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act with @SenatorTimScott earlier this year." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 17, 2019 Duckworth, Fischer Introduce Bipartisan Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Oct. 17, 2019 Duckworth, Fischer Introduce Bipartisan Friendly Airports For Mothers Improvement Act Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Oct. 17, 2019 Tweet - "Talk about a day late and a dollar short. JUUL needs to get rid of the flavors most popular with kids: mint and menthol. And @US_FDA needs to keep its word and get all these dangerous and addictive flavors off the market immediately." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 16, 2019 Subcommittee Chairman Krishnamoorthi Issues Statement Following Favorable Response to Call for E-Cigarette Companies to Stop Advertising Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Oct. 15, 2019 Durbin Introduces Bill To Improve Concussion Safety In Youth Sports Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 15, 2019 Tweet - "A decade of inaction on e-cigarettes has led to 5 million children addicted to nicotine. @US_FDA can't wait any longer to act. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 15, 2019 Tweet - "Nearly 140,000 high schoolers suffer concussions every year according to @NFHS_Org, though many go unreported. Today, I introduced the Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act to help elementary and secondary schools prevent, identify, & treat concussions." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 15, 2019 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 10, 2019 Letter to Ricardo Oberlander, President and CEO of Reynolds American Inc. - Subcommittee Ramps Up Pressure on E-Cigarette Companies to End All Advertising Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Oct. 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Education Department - Senators Murray and Duckworth Call For Secretary DeVos to Start Supporting Student Parents Following Her Rejection of GAO Recommendations and Undermining Child Care Programs Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Oct. 10, 2019 Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids and JUUL has been one of the worst offenders. Today I joined @SenBlumenthal & other @SenateDems in calling on JUUL to remove forced arbitration and other anti-consumer provisions from its terms & conditions for online sales." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 9, 2019 Tweet - "Young people across the country are dying from vaping. How much longer will @US_FDA allow this to continue? #VapingTargetsKids" Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 8, 2019 Tweet - "For years, I've been asking our nation's pharmacies to remove dangerous, addictive tobacco products from their shelves. This week, @Walgreens took the important step of announcing that they would no longer sell e-cigarettes. In doing so, they have put children over profits." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 3, 2019 Tweet - "Good to see @FTC is looking into e-cigarette sales & advertising schemes. I recently sent letters to JUUL & Big Tobacco giant Altria, probing their efforts to target children & falsely claim their e-cig is a safe alternative to cigarettes. This cannot be allowed to continue." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health - Subcommittee Urges NIH to Allocate Grant Funding to Research Long-Term Health Effects of E-Cigarettes Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Oct. 1, 2019 Letter to K. C. Crosthwaite, CEO of JUUL Labs, Inc., and to Howard Willard, CEO of Altaria Group, Inc. - Durbin, Colleagues To JUUL / Altria: Protect Children Over Profits Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 Tweet - "Another disturbing announcement from @CDCgov on the vaping epidemic: more than 800 confirmed & probable cases of lung illness related to vaping, as well as 12 deaths. @US_FDA must act now. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 26, 2019 Letter to Stefano Pessina, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance - Durbin, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Brown, Reed, & Merkley Once Again Urge Pharmacies To Stop Selling Tobacco Products Amid Vaping Epidemic Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 Letter to Doug McMillon, President and CEO of Walmart, Todd Vasos, CEO of Dollar General, and John Standley, CEO of Rite Aid Corporation - Durbin, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Brown, Reed, & Merkley Once Again Urge Pharmacies To Stop Selling Tobacco Products Amid Vaping Epidemic Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 25, 2019 Letter to Richard Hill, CEO of Fontem Ventures, Eddy Pirard, President and CEO of Japan Tobacco International, USA, Inc., Ricardo Oberlander, President and CEO of Reynolds American Inc., and Ryan Nivakoff, CEO of NJOY LLC - Subcommittee Chairman Krishnamoorthi Calls on Companies to End All E-Cigarette Advertising Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 25, 2019 Tweet - "Thanks to Dr. Ezike for stopping by my office yesterday to give me an update on the youth vaping epidemic in Illinois. #VapingTargetsKids and I look forward to working together to make sure we can keep our children safe from these dangerous and addictive products." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2019 Tweet - "This is devastating. My thoughts are with the family and friends of Kentayvia Blackful. Families in America shouldn't have to go through this. We must be better - we owe it to our children." Sen.Dick Durbin
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