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Henry Waxman: “One person's cost is another person's income, and so what is compliance costs from the perspective of the industry is…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
One person's cost is another person's income, and so what is compliance costs from the perspective of the industry is incomes and jobs from the perspective of people installing the pollution abatement and control equipment.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman emphasizes the economic benefits of compliance costs.

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