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David Cay Johnston: “We are reading actually from the substitute. In any event, it says, ``reasonably identifiable, significant favorable…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
We are reading actually from the substitute. In any event, it says, ``reasonably identifiable, significant favorable effects, quantifiable and nonquantifiable, including social and environmental health and economic effects.'' We did not want to go into a laundry list because my friend knows the old rule about specifying one thing excludes those matters not specified. You will remember the old rule from law school. That is the problem here. But it is, I think, really clear. To get back to your question of the underlying statute governing, I insist that it is absolutely clear. Nevertheless, I would recommend to my colleagues a clarification, if the clarification does not inject its own ambiguity.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Discussing the clarity and implications of a legislative substitute.

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