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Mike Levin: “Except that is limited by the Senator's language in subsection (b). When it comes to the least costly alternative, the…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1995
Except that is limited by the Senator's language in subsection (b). When it comes to the least costly alternative, the Senator does not say ``benefit'' which is, in fact, defined somewhere else. It is limited to nonquantifiable benefit. That is a question which has been raised for the last week, and for the life of me, I do not understand why the word ``benefit" means quantifiable or nonquantifiable for the purposes of the act generally, but when it comes to the least-cost requirement, it is only the nonquantifiable benefits which are going to be an exception. That is the answer to the Senator's question.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the interpretation of benefits in relation to a legislative subsection.

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