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Orrin Hatch: Well, I am disappointed that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are so ready to support a new…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Well, I am disappointed that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are so ready to support a new tax-and-spend program supposedly aimed at children but weighing so heavily on the backs of addicted, low-income adult workers under the guise that they are helping children.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Criticizing a proposed tax-and-spend program during Senate debate.

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