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Orrin Hatch: Is the Senator aware of another position this Senator has, and I think many others as well, and that is that if this…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Is the Senator aware of another position this Senator has, and I think many others as well, and that is that if this bill passes in its current form and is not constitutional, that there will be at least 10 years of effective litigation by the tobacco companies who are not going to allow them to climb all over them, especially when they know these provisions are unconstitutional? Is the Senator aware of that?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing potential legal challenges to a tobacco bill during Senate debate.

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