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Jim Himes: “I have been uncomfortable sitting here listening to a traditional way of evaluating cost-benefit analysis.”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
I have been uncomfortable sitting here listening to a traditional way of evaluating cost-benefit analysis.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes expresses discomfort with traditional cost-benefit analysis methods in regulation.

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