Orrin Hatch: “The Hatch-Feinstein-Breaux bill contains many provisions that mirror those contained in the proposed settlement of June…”

“The Hatch-Feinstein-Breaux bill contains many provisions that mirror those contained in the proposed settlement of June 20 of last year. We are trying to accomplish the art of the impossible. We want to enact this astounding settlement, this unprecedented agreement wherein the tobacco companies voluntarily concur in making large annual payments in exchange for unprecedented new advertising bans and future look-back penalties. If we cannot maintain the consensual nature of the original settlement, then we lose the ability to accomplish many of the key elements of any comprehensive anti-tobacco legislation. I want us to go home this year proud that we have enacted a good bill, not ashamed of our inaction or our action on a faulty bill.”