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On the recordFebruary 27, 2013
It is often left to those of us on this side of the aisle to point out not only that there are benefits to regulation, but that those benefits consistently outweigh regulation's costs.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen argues that the benefits of regulation surpass its costs.

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