U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is still focused on finding a solution to the problem of illegal vapes being smuggled into the country by China.

The Congressman asked Attorney General Pam Bondi about the issue during a House Judiciary Committee Hearing last week. Moore believes that they are harming our children across the country.

“In October when you were testifying before the Senate, I know you and my friend, Senator Katie Britt, discussed concerns over the infiltration of the illegal Chinese vapes into our country. As a father, obviously, I’m worried a little bit about this, and I believe that many parents in the country share similar concerns,” Moore said. “Can you provide an update on DOJ’s work in this space over the past few months?”

Bondi said this should be something that both sides of the aisle can try to find solutions.

“Yes, and thank you for bringing that up,” Bondi said. “We’re talking about the vapes, and this should be an issue where both sides of the aisle can work together on. Parents need to understand, children need to understand that so many of these are being manufactured in China, sent to our country, and have the potential to be laced with lethal drugs. We’ve seen an overdose. We need to get on the front end of this before we have another crisis and children are dying.”

“I’ve partnered with Secretary Kennedy, of course, at HHS on this matter, but thank you for bringing it up,” she added. “You know, they’re selling these things as flavored vapes illegally in many stores around the country. Secretary Kennedy and I went and did something on this, and it was sadly the day that Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and so it didn’t get a lot of attention, nor should it have, after that happened. But yes, we’re continuing to work on that. And thank you for bringing that up.”

Bondi also explained why the vapes are so dangerous.

“It’s happening in every state, and not only are they laced with THC, many of these vapes, but they could be laced with fentanyl,” she said. “We have had a child, I wish I could think of the state it was in, but we have already had someone overdose, and we got, we have to get together on this, and we have to get on the front end of this. And I would love to work across the aisle on this to protect our kids. How many school kids do you see now vaping? And it’s not only I believe a vape has 20 cigarettes, but you know, that’s, that’s one vape is 20 cigarettes. I believe it is, but also what they could be laced with, because so many of them, the majority of them are manufactured in China, sure.”

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee