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Orrin Hatch: “Is the Senator aware that Judge Robert Bork said on January 16, 1996: The recent proposal of the FDA to restrict…”

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Is the Senator aware that Judge Robert Bork said on January 16, 1996: The recent proposal of the FDA to restrict severely the first amendment rights of American companies and individuals who in one way or another have any connection with tobacco products is patently unconstitutional under the Supreme Court's current doctrine concerning commercial speech, as well as under the original understanding of the first amendment.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing First Amendment rights in relation to FDA proposals on tobacco products.

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