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Lisa Murkowski: “The EPA is using what they consider to be some overly optimistic forecasts that overstate the benefits of regulation and…”

On the recordApril 23, 2013
The EPA is using what they consider to be some overly optimistic forecasts that overstate the benefits of regulation and understates their cost.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski critiques EPA's regulatory forecasts as overly optimistic.

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