If you want to know which of five programs or which of five different allocations across programs are going to yield the greatest benefit and you have no data and no insights, it's very hard to make policy choices on a rational, as opposed to a political, or other gut bases.
Thune emphasizes the need for data in making informed policy decisions.
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