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John Conyers: “Okay. I get it. Then the gentleman from Colorado, too, was one of the ones that presumably knew about the $50 billion…”

On the recordApril 22, 1998
Okay. I get it. Then the gentleman from Colorado, too, was one of the ones that presumably knew about the $50 billion tax cut for the tobacco people that was put into the budget amendment?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Questioning a colleague about a tax cut for the tobacco industry during a budget discussion.

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