matthew myers. >> i'm matthew myers, the president of the campaign -- i'm matthew myers, president of the campaign for tobacco-free kids. mr. chairman, minority member, members of the committee, i want to thank you for the opportunity. we worked with many of you for over a decade to help pass the law giving us -- the food and drug administration authority over cigarette tobacco and other tobacco products to address many of the concerns that you raised today. over the last several years we have seen a dramatic growth in the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes. in the use ofse e-cigarettes, as you correctly noted, little is proven. either about their health effects or their population impact. our core position is that responsibly marketed and properly regulated, e-cigarettes could benefit the public health if in fact they help people switch. e-cigarette pose a potential health risk to the public if they are not used by smokers or who stopacco users smoking altogether, if they cause children to start or read glamour at smoking in the eyes of our nation's children, or if they discourage sm

matthew myers. >> i'm matthew myers, president of the campaign -- president of the campaign for tobacco-free kids. mr. chairman, minority member thune, members of the committee, i want to thank you for the opportunity. we've worked with many of you for over a decade to help pass the law giving the food and drug administration authority over cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and all other tobacco products precisely to address many of the concerns, mr. chairman, that you raise today. over the last several years, we have seen a dramatic growth in the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes. despite the rise and the use of e-cigarettes as you correctly noted, little is proven either about their health effects or their population impact. our core position is that responsibly marketed and properly regulated, e-cigarettes could benefit the public health if, in fact, they help people switch off of cigarettes to either the exclusive use of these cigarettes or to quit use of nicotine altogether. however, e-cigarettes pose a potential health risk to the public. if they are not used by smokers or other tobacco u

matthew myers. >> i am the president of the campaign for tobacco free kids. members,man, minority i want to thank you for the opportunity. we worked with many of you for over a decade to help pass the law giving the fda authority over cigarettes smokers -- smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products to address many of the concerns that you raised today. years, weast several have seen a dramatic growth in the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes. despite the rise and the use of e-cigarettes as you correctly noted, little is proven either about their health effects or their population impact. position is that responsibly marketed and properly regulated, e-cigarettes could benefit the public health. if in fact they help people switch off of cigarettes to either the exclusive use of e-cigarettes or to quit use nicotine altogether. however, e-cigarettes pose a potential health risk to the public if they are not used by smokers or other tobacco users to stop smoking altogether. if they cause children to start or read crime rise -- re-glamorize smoking. or if they di

this is 23-year-old matthew cody myers. universal studios fired him after he was arrested in polk county's most recent sting. police say he showed up to have sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. >> so when the sex was instigated by you -- >> yeah. >> what did you say to instigate the sex act? >> i was like, would you want to? >> want to what? >> have sex. >> take some deep breaths? >> i'm trying. >> myers told police he wouldn't have really gone through with it, and he's pled not guilty. universal told us, we have zero tolerance for this kind of activity. we deal with situations such as this immediately and permanently. like disney and sea world, the company also said all our team members undergo thorough background checks as part of the hiring process. sea world said, the safety of our team members and employees is our top priority, adding that it has policies and procedures in place, and we take appropriate action as needed. >> what we're doing with disney and everyone else is we're putting shackles on them

this is 23-year-old matthew cody myers. >> face that way. >> reporter: universal studios fired him after he was arrested in polk county's most recent sting. police say he showed up to have sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. >> so when the sex was instigated by you -- >> yeah. >> what did you say to instigate the sex act? >> i was, like, would you want to? >> want to what? >> have sex. >> take some deep breaths. >> i'm trying. >> reporter: myers told police he wouldn't have really gone through with it and he has pled not guilty. universal told us we have zero tolerance for this kind of activity. we deal with situations such as this immediately and permanently. like disney and sea world, the company also said all our team members undergo thorough background checks as part of the hiring process. sea world said the safety of our team members and employees is our top priority. adding that it has policies and procedures in place, and we take appropriate action as needed. >> what we're doing with disney and everyone else is we're putting shackles on them and then wondering why