Health and Fitness

Senators Ask U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board Member Companies About The Chamber’s Big Tobacco Lobbying

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015.  Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), sent letters to the CEOs of all 108 member companies of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors asking about their positions on the efforts of the U.S. Chamber and its international affiliates to fight against international anti-smoking laws, regulations, and policies. The letters also ask about the Chamber’s processes for informing the board member representatives and obtaining their approval for the pro-tobacco campaigns.

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