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Barney Frank: “Reclaiming my time, reclaiming my time, first of all, to say that is the most baffling thing I have ever had said. It is…”

On the recordMay 17, 2007
Reclaiming my time, reclaiming my time, first of all, to say that is the most baffling thing I have ever had said. It is going to take me a while to figure out what it could possibly mean, if anything. But secondly, with regard to executive compensation, of course the shareholders would bear the cost if there was one. Our point there was since the SEC has mandated the disclosure and mandated the disclosure be printed in the proxy, there will be no cost to voting on it.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing executive compensation and SEC disclosure requirements.

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