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Joe Barton: “This Utility MACT rule is the most expensive regulation that has ever been proposed on the American economy.”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
This Utility MACT rule is the most expensive regulation that has ever been proposed on the American economy.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton criticizes the cost of the Utility MACT rule.

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