Step 1: Contextual Framework Pass (Facts)

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Facts:
A state legislature has pending various bills involving water supply, flood control and production of electric power.
The most efficient and economical method to achieve the desired result has been debated within the legislature and among the citizenry generally for several years.
Hearings are called by a committee of the state legislature to receive comments and recommendations on the various proposals which have been offered.
A professional engineer representing the state power commission testifies that engineering studies by him and his professional colleagues indicate the most efficient solution from an engineering standpoint is a series of low dams.
Another professional engineer, representing a private power company, testifies that his engineering analysis indicates a more effective and less expensive solution, producing the same results, by using one high dam.
Each engineering witness submits voluminous engineering data in support of his position, and freely criticizes the analysis and findings of the other.