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On the recordMarch 18, 1999
It was never my intention or understanding that this money would be used for building roads, prisons, or to simply inflate the government's coffers. It was my understanding and intent that the money would be used primarily to fight the evils of the tobacco industry and to keep 3,000 kids a day from starting to smoke.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the use of tobacco settlement proceeds during Senate floor debate.

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