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Joe Biden: “That is the key. Let me stop the Senator there, if I may, Mr. President. Section 624 is a different section than the…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
That is the key. Let me stop the Senator there, if I may, Mr. President. Section 624 is a different section than the section cited, making it clear that you do not--that cost-benefit analysis need not prevail if there are other factors. You cannot supersede the underlying law. The underlying law says on its face this is going to cost, say, an exorbitant amount.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the implications of cost-benefit analysis in legislative context.

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