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On the recordJuly 17, 1995
The Senator raises a question. If there are 823 lives saved, according to a cost-benefit analysis, for the cost of $1 million, is that quantified or not quantified?
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Questioning the quantification of lives saved in a cost-benefit analysis.

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