Carl Levin
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Carl Levin was a prominent American politician who served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1979 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin was known for his leadership on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he played a key role in shaping U.S. military policy and defense spending. Throughout his tenure, he was an advocate for various issues, including environmental protection and consumer rights.
You said you helped manage the negotiations on whether and how to extend the December 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
We cannot rely on the Chinese to act. I think that has been proven for a long period of time.
We will engage with them, as we have done in the past, to have discussions and really understand where they are coming from.
We have to do something to inspect parts from China at the border because they are the predominant source of the counterfeiting.
We also have to end the attitude of the Chinese who will not cooperate with this investigation and who will not act against the counterfeiters.
The only people who benefit from counterfeits are people who are making money off those counterfeits, and we have to end that.
Why did it take a committee investigation before you would ask your supplier, hey, how many times has Hong Dark been the supplier to you, Global IC?
We recognized, through the efforts of the committee, that there could be improvement in our own system.
The Chinese Government can stop it. If the Chinese Government does not stop it, then it continues to pose a national security risk.
Double check with your engineers and get back to us, will you, as to whether the ice detection module is a safety issue or not?
Well, just as a citizen who cares about men and women in uniform, does it trouble you that the original parts maker here says they do not know how long this part is going to last if it is a counterfeit part?
But the Navy and the other Services represent those folks, and if they say that you have an obligation to let them know immediately of counterfeit parts, from a pure business practice I would think you should do that.
I think the Navy is going to be pretty shocked to hear that you are not going to let them know about counterfeits.
The lives of our troops and the mission of our troops is surely important just the way the good, healthy ag products coming in is important as well.
We all want the small business people to be able to obtain DOD contracts, but not the kind of abuse that apparently also is practiced here.





