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On the recordJuly 18, 2002
I have to tell you that I have never seen a more appalling example of heartless, unfettered corporate greed than that revealed by the recent, widespread accounting scandals.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Condemning corporate greed in light of accounting scandals.

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