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Larry Pressler: “But I am not accusing the Senator of responding to corporate America. I think we are asking, in the public interest.”

On the recordJune 9, 1995
But I am not accusing the Senator of responding to corporate America. I think we are asking, in the public interest.
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Larry Pressler
South Dakota

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Discussing the influence of corporate interests in legislative decisions.

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