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Joel Hefley: there is all kinds of pending out there that by the time we get through, it will change form many times. But by the time…

On the recordApril 22, 1998
there is all kinds of pending out there that by the time we get through, it will change form many times. But by the time this amendment is ratified, we will have far more than enough time to do whatever the gentleman wants to do with the tobacco settlement.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado

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Discussing the timeline and implications of a tobacco settlement amendment.

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