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William Clinger: “I think that for the first time we are really going to have some consideration for what are the compliance costs, what…”

On the recordMay 10, 1995
I think that for the first time we are really going to have some consideration for what are the compliance costs, what does it cost to carry out the number of the mandates that we have had in the past, but I think that the environmental community, which has never shown too much concern or interest in, frankly, what the costs that we have imposed on the communities would be, I think would still rather straitjacket small communities insisting that they adhere to a national prescribed program specifically detailing in detail precisely how each community must meet the requirements without with regard to the financial consequences borne by the rate of players, and for that reason I would again oppose the amendment.
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William Clinger
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Discussing compliance costs and environmental mandates during a legislative debate.

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