TESTIMONY OF ROBERT CURTIS, PRESIDENT OF THE KENTUCKY AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

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Testimony before House Ways and Means Committee on the proposed Health Security Act. Expresses Bakery, Confectioner and Tobacco Worker’s Union (BC&T) support for goals of healthcare reform, including universal coverage and limitations on annual price increases. Opposes proposed funding source of 75-cent per pack cigarette tax. Discusses ramifications of tax on Southern economies and tobacco worker... read mores, identifying tax as regressive and particularly unfair to the Southern states. read less

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Community Health Program Records

Subjects

Clinton, William J. (U.S. President, D)

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Kentucky AFL-CIO

Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union (BC&T)

Price-Waterhouse

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ)

AFL-CIO

U.S. Labor Department

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http://hdl.handle.net/10427/29580