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On the recordMarch 19, 2017
So let us go to that point, because they did say that no amount of corporate spending--none, there is no limit on the amount of corporate spending in politics that could lead to either corruption or the appearance of corruption.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes unlimited corporate spending in politics and its potential for corruption.

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