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William Clinger: “Yes; that does not come into the equation now. We do not have any requirement under existing law to enter into--to have…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1995
Yes; that does not come into the equation now. We do not have any requirement under existing law to enter into--to have any consideration of the costs. I would stress this is not about the merits or demerits of any program that we are talking about. The programs that the gentleman is addressing on this matter are all meritorious programs. All we are saying is they should not be exempt from, or excluded from, a consideration of what the cost is, and that may well be that the benefits will be so persuasively presented by those that are promoting it that we would, in fact, pass the mandate through without the funding, but it would require us to be--in a judicious way to look at these proposals and make a determination up or down.
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William Clinger
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Discussing the importance of considering costs in evaluating government programs.

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