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On the recordMarch 19, 2024
Less than half of the cost of doing nothing, and avoiding all of that pain? Is that right?
Said by
Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Scott questions the cost-effectiveness of inaction versus proposed solutions.

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