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On the recordMay 11, 2009
In the words of Harvard Economics Professor Robert Stavins, we have come to the inescapable conclusion that the economic analysis is terribly deficient in critical ways.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Vitter cites Stavins to support his argument against California's economic claims.

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