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Ed Whitfield: I do believe that additional regulatory costs should be justified by real safety benefits.

On the recordDecember 11, 2013
I do believe that additional regulatory costs should be justified by real safety benefits.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Calls for justification of regulatory costs in nuclear safety.

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