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On the recordDecember 3, 2019
the impression I get, and I think a lot of people in the public, when they read a headline one day and then in 72 hours it is completely flipped around, is that the tobacco industry lobbyists are calling the shots.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Sarbanes expresses concern over tobacco lobbyists influencing policy changes rapidly.

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