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Henry Waxman: “Faced with these facts, opponents of EPA rules now argue that we should simply ignore the benefits and consider only the…”

On the recordApril 11, 2013
Faced with these facts, opponents of EPA rules now argue that we should simply ignore the benefits and consider only the costs.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman points out the flawed logic of ignoring benefits in cost analyses of EPA rules.

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