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On the recordSeptember 19, 2016
When you sign those reports personally--that is what Sarbanes-Oxley was--didn't you think that that was material when you are saying, 'This is our big win, our cross-selling strategy,' not to disclose that it also had a dark side?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the materiality of undisclosed issues in financial reports.

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