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On the recordFebruary 7, 1995
My concern here is to make sure that in what would most likely be a corporate crime, multiple victims are notified. When somebody stabs somebody we know what is going on. If somebody rips off hundreds of people, it is very likely those hundreds of people will not know that they have been ripped off, will not be notified of that, will not have the opportunity to seek redress and that is the purpose of this amendment.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Discussing the need for victim notification in cases of corporate crime.

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