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On the recordJuly 22, 2013
Do you agree that having a situation where there is a Government backstop implied but that you have CEOs of entities that really are not focused on that particular aspect, which has to do with the taxpayers, but instead is focused on shareholders, that that is an untenable place for us as a Nation to be?
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker questions the focus of CEOs on shareholders over taxpayer interests.

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