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On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
I had mentioned to you when we visited in the office that my fear is that the cost-benefit analysis from any Administration has become a justification...
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford expresses concern about the misuse of cost-benefit analysis in regulations.

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