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Tom Harkin: The $4.9 million is what is expected to be spent this year for the first step in this initiative, this FDA initiative to…

On the recordJuly 23, 1997
The $4.9 million is what is expected to be spent this year for the first step in this initiative, this FDA initiative to cut down on tobacco sales to minors under the age of 18. The $4.9 million is the first step in that process.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing funding for an FDA initiative to reduce tobacco sales to minors.

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