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On the recordJuly 15, 2015
We do not have to do that on a cost-benefit analysis on something that was very significant and it ends up being a very costly rule at the end of the day.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford questions the necessity of cost-benefit analysis for significant rules.

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