01/07/2000
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"I committed this administration to stopping the sale and marketing of cigarettes to children."
"This is not rocket science. This is an affair of the mind which most of us can comprehend."
"All our Nation's children are at risk from tobacco, and we must have comprehensive national legislation to stop young Americans from smoking before they start."
"I am pleased to transmit today for your immediate consideration and enactment the 'Class-Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act of 1998.'"