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Andy Harris: “As a matter of principle, regulatory benefits should justify their costs, and EPA's pursuit of this coal-killing…”

On the recordJune 5, 2012
As a matter of principle, regulatory benefits should justify their costs, and EPA's pursuit of this coal-killing regulation, despite its own admission that the rule has negligible benefits is mind boggling.
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Andy Harris
Republican · Maryland

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Harris criticizes EPA's regulations for lacking justifiable benefits.

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