We can have the fight on taxes in another bill. But this amendment specifically says a point of order will lie against a bill if monies raised from tobacco, the sale of tobacco or cigarettes, if that money is spent to educate youth or to have stop-smoking programs, but yet if this money is sent back in the form of tax rebates, there is no point of order. Nobody is going to explain that problem to me. It cannot be explained away.
Discussing an amendment related to tobacco revenue and its allocation during a House floor debate.
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