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Orrin Hatch: If data were unequivocal on the price issue, as some have already argued, or will argue, in this debate, how is it that…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
If data were unequivocal on the price issue, as some have already argued, or will argue, in this debate, how is it that the Congressional Budget Office--I ask the Senator this --felt compelled to so carefully qualify what some characterize as a near scientific certitude?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Questioning the reliability of data in a budget-related debate.

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