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Brian Schatz: “In my view, not the regulators. In my view, not the legislative branch. In my view, the shareholders themselves.”

On the recordDecember 5, 2018
In my view, not the regulators. In my view, not the legislative branch. In my view, the shareholders themselves.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Schatz emphasizes that shareholders should determine company interests, not regulators or legislators.

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