Tom Udall: “President Bush, your Justice Department legal team is failing you, and failing you miserably. Tobacco companies have…”

“President Bush, your Justice Department legal team is failing you, and failing you miserably. Tobacco companies have bilked the consumer for hundreds of billions of dollars. I am proud to say that State attorneys general recovered $215 billion for their States. We find out today in The Washington Post the Justice Department has given away the ranch. The headline says it all: ``Tobacco Escapes Huge Penalty.'' Even the tobacco attorneys are mystified. They said, ``They've gone down from $130 billion to $10 billion with absolutely no explanation. It's clear the government has not thought through what it's doing.'' President Bush, there is still time. Call your Attorney General and tell him to put on a real case. Otherwise, you are throwing in the towel to Big Tobacco. ____________________”