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Orrin Hatch: Is it not true--this will be my last question--is it not true that under the substitute that the distinguished Senator…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Is it not true--this will be my last question--is it not true that under the substitute that the distinguished Senator from California and I are working on, that we do not base this on a price per pack of cigarettes, our $428.5 billion, we base it on payments that have to be made over 25 years?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the financial structure of a tobacco settlement proposal.

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