Mike Levin: “Since the Senator asked and my colleagues continue to ask that question, let me try to answer that question: It is…”

“Since the Senator asked and my colleagues continue to ask that question, let me try to answer that question: It is because we have repeatedly, over and over again, said that if the benefits to health and safety or the environment are quantifiable, your exception does not apply. Now, what sense does it make to say that if the benefits to health, safety, and the environment can be quantified, that then we have to go with least cost, even though a slight additional cost would give much greater benefits? Now, I have never understood why the Senator from Louisiana insists on the word ``nonquantifiable benefits.'' We have gone over and over that issue. That is the answer to the question.”