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On the recordOctober 4, 2021
During the pandemic, I and many others on this committee and beyond introduced pieces of legislation either banning the practice of stock buybacks or regulating them.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses legislative efforts to regulate stock buybacks during the pandemic.

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