"If we are going to begin to limit the ability of shareholders to affect the corporations they own, then are they truly owners?"
"When businesses all across the country were suffering during the pandemic, the research institute, BoardReady, found that companies with diverse boards grew by 4 percent."
"Every day, our country grows more diverse, and it is about time that the C-suites and our boardrooms in corporate America caught up to the country with which they hope to conduct business."
"I don't believe that these proxy advisory firms are handing down edicts from on high, and, frankly, I don't believe the government should be either."
"I find it astounding that this is what we are spending our time on as a committee, when our constituents want to know about so many other important issues that we are not addressing."
"And we are having a hearing that would do what? Attempt to take that free choice away from the party that claims to be a ballot free to vote."
"I would just argue that social policy is economic policy. It is a business imperative. It is a reality."
"The rights of shareholders to take a vested interest in the companies they invest in are intrinsic to the idea of partial ownership."
"I know the importance of diversity. It is a strength."
"It is a hearing on environmental sustainable governance, but it is really about anti-ESG."
"Attorney General Ellison, can you touch on the ways that ESG disclosures promote long-term value creation instead of risky or short-term profit-seeking initiatives?"