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Orrin Hatch: Who came in and testified about how they threatened him, his life, his family's life, how the city become inundated in…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Who came in and testified about how they threatened him, his life, his family's life, how the city become inundated in organized crime, until they finally had to reduce the size of the excise tax in order to prevent further black marketeering? Remember how he told us his family had to be removed to a safe house? How ordinary citizens could not even go out at night because they were afraid of random gunfire?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the impact of organized crime and excise tax on public safety.

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