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On the recordJune 18, 2012
But if we put such huge pressures on American industries that they take their jobs to these other parts of the world, wouldn't you agree with me that intuitively, we are actually making the problem worse and that what we ought to be looking for are the low-cost fixes and not the high-cost fixes?
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith argues that costly regulations harm American jobs and suggests seeking low-cost solutions.

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