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On the recordMay 20, 2010
This amendment would ask the Securities and Exchange Commission to set standards for independence for compensation consultants, so that when, consistent with this legislation, the compensation committee of a board has to evaluate which compensation consultant to hire, they get an independent seal of approval from the SEC, and they can know they are doing the right thing; and, of course, we can assure that we have independent compensation consultants and not people who get paid in order to encourage higher salaries for CEOs in our country.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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May 20, 2010

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The speaker addresses the need for independent standards for compensation consultants in executive pay.

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