FDA Senator Ron Johnson sends letter to FDA Cmsnr Califf asking important questions about deeming ban

[Bill Godshall]

US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) sends letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf asking important questions about FDA’s cigarette protecting ban on lifesaving vapor products

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https://d1fardvzz27152.cloudfront.n...aliff__fda__re_e-cigarette_regulation__4_.pdf

 

[rwoodin]

That is welcome news!

 

[r77r7r]

Hi Ho!

 

[Kent C]

Emailed Sen. Rob Portman on this issue today.... also on the committee....

 

[r77r7r]

Nm been posted elsewhere...

 

[LittleBird]

Letter of support off to Senator McCain. Can FDA be made to comply with the 5/31 date?

 

[Rickajho]

Well THAT'S an interesting read! Especially considering which office made the inquiries.

Letter of support off to Senator McCain. Can FDA be made to comply with the 5/31 date?

Don't know about the date issue but they sure do have the authority to ask for what they have requested. This one could be interesting.

 

[Iffy]

Yepper, a Homeland Security inquiry ought to really stir da pot... NOT!

Don't know about the date issue but they sure do have the authority to ask for what they have requested. This one could be interesting.

Yepper, da authority to limit your/our choices is rampant and day-um near unlimited! No phrickin' comfort nor excitement here...

 

[EBates]

Lets all hope that this is not just another Smoke And Mirrors job by our precious pol-flys

 

[sofarsogood]

The interesting part is the Senator has the authority to compell them to answer. They have no answers of course. This should be fun.

 

[LittleBird]

The senate also develops an FDA appropriations bill. And the house and senate bills must be reconciled. It seems to me that raising the specter of FDA overreach prior to finalizing appropriations is far better than raising it following finalization. And, any opportunity to write a pointed letter to a subcommittee member is an opportunity worth taking. IMHO, of course.

 

[Rickajho]

I want to see Waxman get into it with Johnson over this one. "For the babies!" versus "For the businesses!" perhaps.

 

[Kent C]

I want to see Waxman get into it with Johnson over this one. "For the babies!" versus "For the businesses!" perhaps.

Waxman retired last year

 

[mostlyclassics]

Can FDA be made to comply with the 5/31 date?

Not really. Remember, the political appointees heading the FDA (and thus the bad guys for us) are as lame ducks as the president who appointed them.

They can stall and shilly-shally until January 2017, at which point they're history. (It's likely that even Hillary or Bernie would want to appoint their own henchmen, and almost for sure Trump would.)

Look at how successful other executive-branch organizations (State and the IRS are notorious, but there have been lots of others) have been stalling off congressional committees for years and years.

 

[Rickajho]

Waxman retired last year

Fixed that for you. ~ and ~

How did I miss that?

 

[Katya]

Please take a moment to email (write, call) the good Senator from Wisconsin and/or other committee members to express your support and appreciation:

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[Katya]

Waxman retired last year

One down,16 more children's saviors to go...

SENATE DEMS: FDA Rule is Critical Step to Protecting Children and Teens from Tobacco Products | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jack Reed (D-RI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Tom Udall (D-NM), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

 

[nomore stinkies]

Alright I am sick of the lifetime politicians (Dick Durbin) who use the children as a ploy to over regulate an industry whose products help ADULTS quit inhaling burnt tobacco leaves. This ignoramous ran the state of Illinois into the ground and now he and the other self righteous politicians want to put us under the ground. Candy? You fool I'd like you to take a sip. OK Dick, we'll all return to inhaling burnt, chemically laced, tobacco leaves. Kill the adults but save the kids that don't even use these.

 

[wiredlove]

Not really. Remember, the political appointees heading the FDA (and thus the bad guys for us) are as lame ducks as the president who appointed them.

They can stall and shilly-shally until January 2017, at which point they're history. (It's likely that even Hillary or Bernie would want to appoint their own henchmen, and almost for sure Trump would.)

Look at how successful other executive-branch organizations (State and the IRS are notorious, but there have been lots of others) have been stalling off congressional committees for years and years.

SUBCOMMITTEE SUBPOENAS. -Subpoenas for witnesses, as well as documents and records, may be authorized and issued by the Chairman, Of any other Member of the
Subcommittee designated by him or her, with the approval of the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee, provided that the Chairman may subpoena attendance or production without the approval of the Ranking Minority Member where the Chairman or a staff officer designated by him/her has not received notification from the Ranking Minority Member or a staff officer designated by him/her of disapproval of the subpoena within 24 hours, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, of being notified of the subpoena. If a subpoena is disapproved by the Ranking
Minority Member as provided herein, the subpoena may be authorized by vote of the Members of the Subcommittee.

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/download/?id=2B73F0F9-1CDA-4EBD-B8EB-3A989D3AC0A6

The chair of the committee is the only committee chair in the Senate with the power to issue subpoenas without a committee vote, though in practice, such unilateral subpoenas have rarely been issued in recent years.

United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[stanleybb50]

Good letter!

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