Political Quotes

On the recordMay 12, 2009
We own 80 percent of your company. You exist because the American taxpayer purchased, you know, 79.9 percent of your shares.
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Steve Lynch
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Lynch asserts the government's stake in AIG and demands transparency.

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