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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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