U.S. Senators Katie Britt, R-Alabama, and Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, led a bipartisan letter Thursday with several of their colleagues to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urging the department to further study the alarming rise in sports gambling among America’s youth and the potential adverse effects on teens and young adults.
“We write to urge the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, to study how America’s youth are being impacted by the rapid rise of sports gambling across America,” the senators wrote.
Senators Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina; Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire; and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, joined Britt and Durbin in signing the letter.
