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Orrin Hatch: Is it not correct, I ask my colleague from Missouri, who has been making very important points here during this debate…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Is it not correct, I ask my colleague from Missouri, who has been making very important points here during this debate, is it correct that currently smokers with incomes under $30,000 pay almost 50 percent of the tobacco excise tax?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Questioning the impact of tobacco excise tax on low-income smokers during a debate.

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