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Barbara Boxer: “One quick point is the tobacco companies have increased their contributions to colleagues so they will not support you…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 1997
One quick point is the tobacco companies have increased their contributions to colleagues so they will not support you, and I hope we overcome that this time.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the influence of tobacco company contributions on legislative support.

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