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Patrick Leahy: My question would be this to the majority leader: Would he agree, in his experience, that nothing would focus the…

On the recordJuly 9, 2002
My question would be this to the majority leader: Would he agree, in his experience, that nothing would focus the attention more of those executives who have defrauded their own companies and investors than the idea that they would actually go to jail for it, and not walk off with hundreds of millions of dollars?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Questioning the majority leader about accountability for corporate executives during a discussion on corporate fraud.

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