Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

Please assure me that you are not buying into this theory that under certain circumstances there may be a financial disincentive to a company from having a disaster means that the Government doesn't need to do any regulation to prevent that disaster from happening.

Context

Whitehouse questions reliance on financial incentives for corporate safety.

05/17/2010

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