WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Jack Reed (D-RI) sent letters to Reynolds American and Altria Group to inquire about these Big Tobacco companies' engagement with the Trump Administration, following the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recent misguided decisions to unleash kid-friendly flavored e-cigarettes.
Reynolds American's recent $5 million donation and Altria Group's millions of dollars in contributions towards President Trump's political operation appears to have enabled tobacco manufacturers to circumvent federal law and ...