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WATCH: California Representative vapes while debating vaping bill

California Rep. Duncan Hunter is fond of vaping.

So much so, in fact, the Republican whipped out his vaporizer during a Congressional hearing on the topic of vaping on airplanes.

Hunter opposed an amendment to a bill that would ban using the e-cigarette and similar devices aboard aircraft.

"This is called a vaporizer," Hunter begins after taking a buff. "There's no combustion. There's no carcinogens. What the general lady did not say was smoking has gone down as the use of vaporizers has gone up.

"There is no burning," he continued.