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    "ocrText": "Save Lives, Not Tobacco\nTobacco-\nThe Coalition for Accountability\nLiability\nMay 27. 1998\nThe Honorable William Jefferson Clinton\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear President Clinton:\nWe are writing regarding your opposition to the \"no immunity\" amendment sponsored by Senator Leahy and Senator\nGregg to the national tobacco control legislation (S. 1415). We strongly disagree with your position on this amendment.\nNow that the Senate has gone on record as opposing special protections for the tobacco industry. we hope that we can all\nwork toward creating a bill that protects kids and not the special interests of Big Tobacco.\nOur position remains solid: we will not support any legislation that grants any special protections to the tobacco industry.\nSpecial protections are unfair to Americans who are or will become sick with tobacco-related illnesses. Protection of an\nindustry whose products kill hundreds of thousands of Americans prematurely every year is fundamentally bad public\npolicy. Liability caps and other special protections allow the companies to escape full responsibility for their actions and\nmay leave many Americans without an adequate remedy in their already tragic situations. Additionally, an annual cap\nwould set a terrible precedent. Asbcstos companies, breast implant manufacturers. automobile makers, pharmaceutical\ncompanies - who will be next? If the tobacco companies get their liability cap through Congress. other industries will\nline up on Capitol Hill asking for similar deals.\nWe also would like to address your contention that the passage of the Gregg-Leahy amendment will make the tobacco bill\nmore vulnerable to defeat. We disagrec. First and foremost, the attempt to table the Gregg-Leahy Amendment failed by\na considerable margin. It is clear that the majority of U.S. Senators believe that granting special protections to the tobacco\nindustry is wrong. While a few of those Senators may oppose passage of the legislation, the clear majority voted with the\nbest interests of public health at heart. The large number of votes for the Gregg-Leahy amendment coupled with the\noverwhelming defeat of the Ashoroft amendment to eliminate tobacco prices increases demonstrates that the majority of\nthe Senate will vote for the tobacco legislation that does not give any special protections to the industry.\nMr. President, we urge you to drop your opposition to the Gregg-Leahy Amendment and work with the public health\ncommunity. to hold the tobacco industry accountable for its actions.\nSincerely,\nKusten nowak\n1225 I Street, NW. Suite 350 - Washington, DC 20005 202-712-9127 Fax 202-789-1116\n1 P.\nFROM MANISTEE MASON DIST. 6167231477\n6-03-1998 2:08PM"
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