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Howard Griffith: “I think you also reported that just the mercury utility MACT rules would cost about $21 billion a year and 183,000 jobs…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2013
I think you also reported that just the mercury utility MACT rules would cost about $21 billion a year and 183,000 jobs a year.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith highlights the economic impact of environmental regulations on jobs.

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