Seth Magaziner said "I will just say again, let's be honest about what this debate is really about. It is not about protecting worker retirement savings. If we were serious about that, we would be saying that ESG is material and should be considered. It is not about free-market principles. Could it be that it has to do with the oil and gas industry pouring tens of millions of dollars into campaign accounts on the Republican side? Could that be what is driving this? Well, I think we see now where the priorities of our colleagues on the Republican side lie--not with workers, not with free-market principles, but with doing the bidding of the oil and gas industry." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 28, 2023

I will just say again, let's be honest about what this debate is really about. It is not about protecting worker retirement savings. If we were serious about that, we would be saying that ESG is material and should be considered. It is not about free-market principles. Could it be that it has to do with the oil and gas industry pouring tens of millions of dollars into campaign accounts on the Republican side? Could that be what is driving this? Well, I think we see now where the priorities of our colleagues on the Republican side lie--not with workers, not with free-market principles, but with doing the bidding of the oil and gas industry.

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Seth Magaziner

Democratic · Rhode Island

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