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Sheldon Whitehouse: When you look at the economic effects, do you look broadly at the economic effects with concern on the one hand there…

On the recordApril 7, 2014
When you look at the economic effects, do you look broadly at the economic effects with concern on the one hand there may be some increases in power costs?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse questions the consideration of economic impacts in policy decisions.

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