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On the recordApril 1, 2014
There are just some mandates that just don't make sense that are costly, and the benefits are very, very minor compared to what the cost is.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel criticizes certain EPA mandates as being economically burdensome with minimal benefits.

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