House Proceeding 04-01-09 on Apr 1st, 2009 :: 1:54:25 to 1:56:50
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Lois Capps: important member of the energy and commerce committee, the gentlelady from california, mrs. capps. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman claim the time in opposition? mr. waxman: i do, indeed. i yield the gentlelady three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. mrs. capps: thank you, mr. speaker.

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Speech By: Lois Capps

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Lois Capps: i thank my colleague and chairman of our co real pioneer and hero in this area. i rise to give strong opposition to the buyer amendment. the buyer amendment would undermine the precise goals of the underlying bill. that is, to prevent kids from smoking. there is nothing in the buyer amendment that would restrict

1:55:05 to 1:55:25( Edit History Discussion )

Lois Capps: tobacco marketing to youth. yet we know that marketing to our kids is a persistent tobacco company tactic. they do it to draw new smokers at an early age to replace their dwindling client base because of people kitting --

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Lois Capps: quiting or dying as a complicati of smoking. as a grandmother i'm horrified that my teenage granddaughters are the target of disgusting ads like this very one. dress to the nine's, this title, was featured repeatedly in many magazines, read frequently by young women and girls. the ad highlights the latest

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Lois Capps: fashion trends. update your closet. it directs them of all things to theamels cigarettes website. under the waxman-platts bill, however we specifically eliminate this kind of marketing to kids that depict smoking as cool or glamorous.

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Lois Capps: that's because it's not. smoking is not cool. it isn't glamorous. it's an expensive ticket to an early death. the tobacco companies and magazines that run these ads, they know it and they should be ashamed of themselves. but these days, corporate shame

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Lois Capps: is in short supply. we cannot rely on it to protect our kids. in addition, this bill gives the f.d.a. the authority to respond to the attempts by tobacco companies to circumvent new tremendous strixes. i urge my colleagues to reject this substitute amendment