WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today slammed the Trump Administration's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the decision to approve the sale and marketing of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes for the first time, and its decision to allow illegal vaping products-primarily used by children-to remain on the market indefinitely. Durbin's speech follows the forced resignation of FDA Commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, who reportedly opposed President Trump's efforts to make flavored vapes more accessible for children.
Durbin said, "[When I was 14 years old], my father died of lung cancer. Seeing my dad struggle changed ...