Don Nickles: “What I am asking him to understand is why these look-back provisions are there, because the tobacco companies tried to…”

“What I am asking him to understand is why these look-back provisions are there, because the tobacco companies tried to entice young people to smoke, and here are the documents. In the agreement of June 20, 1997, the tobacco industry admitted that they had enticed kids to smoke. Therefore, since they could not be trusted, then there should be provisions that penalize the tobacco companies if, indeed, youth smoking went up, which they are committed not to do. That is something in which they freely engaged. I can understand if the Senator from Oklahoma has a problem with the size of those look-back provisions. I cannot understand why the Senator from Oklahoma would not understand why the look-back provisions are there.”