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Bob Kerrey: Corporate America has weighed in on this issue. Corporate America has contacted me on this particular issue, as they…

On the recordJune 9, 1995
Corporate America has weighed in on this issue. Corporate America has contacted me on this particular issue, as they have contacted the Senator. The point I am trying to make is that the dominant interest in this piece of legislation is a relatively small group of corporations that are currently regulated and that want to do something that the current law does not allow them to do. That is the point I have made before, that I will continue to make.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

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Discussing corporate influence on legislation.

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