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Bill Nelson: “When I said, well, do you think that default is going to have some consequence on your companies, they said: Oh, no, no…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2013
When I said, well, do you think that default is going to have some consequence on your companies, they said: Oh, no, no, no; we'll get activated with regard to the default.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Nelson highlights CEOs' complacency regarding the impending default during the shutdown.

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