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James Lankford: “It does seem that we can quantify the costs, but the benefits seem to get out of balance at times.”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2015
It does seem that we can quantify the costs, but the benefits seem to get out of balance at times.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the challenges of aligning cost-benefit analysis in regulations.

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