Carl Levin actually said...

"I about fell off my chair when I read that because, when I think about tax gimmicks, certainly some of the techniques that Apple uses could, in general usage of the word, be considered 'gimmicks.'"

"I would say that what we really need to do is apologize to Apple, compliment them for the job creation they are doing, and get about doing our job."

"The President says he wants to close them. The President, when he was a Senator, co-sponsored much of the legislation that would have closed at least some of those egregious tax avoidance tactics."

"Why should those revenues that would come from closing those corporate tax loopholes not be used for any number of extremely important goals from deficit reduction to ending sequestration?"