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Duncan Faircloth: “Would you give me an estimate of how many people are sick or die from drinking liquor a year made out of corn?”

On the recordJune 26, 1997
Would you give me an estimate of how many people are sick or die from drinking liquor a year made out of corn?
Said by
Duncan Faircloth
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Inquiring about the health impacts of corn-based liquor.

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