Kerry-Boxer Bill Needs Honest Cost-Benefit Assessment, Says Sen. Grassley
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) stated that an honest cost-benefit assessment for climate change legislation is necessary.
“An assessment…requires that we first stop trying to sell this policy as if it will have no cost for Americans,” said Grassley. (0:16)
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