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On the recordMay 20, 2013
We cannot continue a system where the company, a multinational company, as phenomenally successful as yours, and deservedly so, can make a decision, sitting down in 2008 and 2009, as to where the profits are going to flow.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin criticizes the unilateral profit allocation decisions of multinational companies.

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