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Jerry Moran: “I hope we are not paranoid, but that was not our implicit assumption. It only refers to costs, but not benefits. If it…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1996
I hope we are not paranoid, but that was not our implicit assumption. It only refers to costs, but not benefits. If it included benefits, we will not have any problem whatsoever.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Discussing the implications of a cost-benefit analysis.

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