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Richard Shelby: “Who owns a corporation? Who does? And what does a corporation exist for, for whom? The shareholder.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2011
Who owns a corporation? Who does? And what does a corporation exist for, for whom? The shareholder.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby emphasizes that corporations exist for shareholders, not management or special interests.

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