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On the recordJuly 10, 1997
My colleagues, last year corporate executives got paid millions of dollars each from taxpayers. One got $4 million, according to a scandalous GAO report--all this, while we thought we had a cap in place. It didn't work, and the Boxer-Grassley bill fixes it. That is why we have strong support from people who want to see reform.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing corporate executive compensation and the need for reform.

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