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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

So I guess that is where we are trying to get on some of the assumptions.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

So you are saying that of all 25 candidates for President out there, you are confident that all 25 of them will continue the same process?

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

But the position has been that there has to be some kind of cost-benefit analysis.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

So back to the 7 percent versus 5 percent decision on social cost of carbon, can you help us understand how that decision was made?

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

I would suggest those kind of dates are necessary so that every agency sees the deadlines that are coming.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

So the shift is what is interesting, I guess. If it is a reliable model and 3 years later you have to adjust it 50 percent, it causes all of us to raise our hand and say, Why is that a reliable model if you had to change it 3 years later…

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

That is our thought as well, is that maybe there is a need to codify some of these things because it is a possibility that someone may be elected that does not----

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

How did you pick the four out of 676 rules that are out there?

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

the challenge of this--and I understand that budgets are tight on it and so it is difficult for agencies to prioritize their budgeting to go do a retrospective review

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

If one side of the cost-benefit analysis is 20 years and the other side may go out 60, that is literally putting your thumb on the scale on one side and there is not a perception of fairness in between the two.

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Tom Cole
@tomcole· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I want to begin by thanking my friend from Washington and my friend from Tennessee for organizing this exceptionally important discussion tonight. I think the case, from a national standpoint, in terms of maintaining the Ex-Im…

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Frank Lucas
@franklucas· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

Congressman Newhouse, I am very appreciative of you organizing this Special Order to discuss an issue that perhaps not many of our neighbors back home have had time to focus on and to have speakers from a variety of perspectives discuss…

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Jim Inhofe
@jiminhofe· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for such time as I shall consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Jim Inhofe
@jiminhofe· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

Mr. President, right now probably the most significant thing we will be facing as soon as we get through with the education bill that Senator Lamar Alexander has done such a great job on is the transportation reauthorization bill. I found…

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Jim Inhofe
@jiminhofe· Republican · OK· Jul 15, 2015

I ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, the junior Senator from Oklahoma, Mr. Lankford, be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. DRIVE Act

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