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Orrin Hatch: If we are going to resolve this matter, it seems to me, and I wonder if the Senator would agree with me, that we have to…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
If we are going to resolve this matter, it seems to me, and I wonder if the Senator would agree with me, that we have to take into consideration the approximately 50 million users of tobacco products in this society, many of whom are hooked on these products, or at least addicted to them; we have to consider the children; we have to consider using this money for tobacco-related purposes to the utmost extent that we can.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the implications of tobacco use and related funding during Senate debate.

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