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David Schweikert: How do you make public policy and not have that model available for everyone to vet and make sure that--because who…

On the recordJuly 29, 2014
How do you make public policy and not have that model available for everyone to vet and make sure that--because who knows? Is it stringent enough; is it too stringent?
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Schweikert raises concerns about the transparency of EPA's modeling in public policy.

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