… allow, you know, Wall street, frankly, to dictate terms, you know, and we believe in this sort of Reagan esque idea that government should get out of the way. Well, The consequence of that, this derailment and other examples we see all the time in places like I represent. I think the government has a serious role to play in protecting us from big and powerful corporations who, as you say, because of shareholder primacy, a doctrine that is … (25:45–25:53)
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Asserts that deregulation and market-driven policies contribute to incidents like derailments.
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