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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.

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Feb 28, 2019

Woman, I am proud to cosponsor the Enhanced Background Checks Act, H.R. 1112, and I am also proud today to present an amendment that will make sure we can track and learn from the good that this bill will accomplish once it becomes law. In…

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Feb 27, 2019

As we recognize Black History Month, I rise to celebrate the life and contributions of a remarkable Detroit community activist. While I was at the Macomb County Celebration of Black Excellence last Saturday, the Michigan activist community…

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Feb 13, 2019

I thank the gentleman. I am ready to diversify things in Michigan again. I really want to pick up where the gentleman left off, because I don't want to talk about John's unbelievable legislative record. I want to talk about two families…

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Feb 13, 2019

I thank Chairman Engel for his incredible leadership on this issue. Mr. Chair, I am proud to be an original cosponsor of Congressman Khanna's resolution. The Saudi-led war in Yemen has led to a staggering crisis, and it is happening on our…

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Feb 13, 2019

I thank the gentleman for yielding the additional time. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this resolution. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), the ranking member on the Asia, the…

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Feb 13, 2019

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I say to the gentleman from St. Joseph, in this Special Order, we are a little different from Michigan. I say to the gentleman from St. Joseph, if Kildee went to the dark side, Levin will come over to…

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Jan 29, 2019

While the longest government shutdown in our country's history finally ended over the weekend, its effects continue to plague working families. For 35 days the President held hostage the paychecks, financial security, and health and…

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Jan 16, 2019

While Republican attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act went down in flames, their Texas v. United States lawsuit seeks to subvert the will of the American people and take our healthcare away. In December, a judge ruled in favor of…

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Jan 15, 2019

I appreciate Mr. Garamendi's leadership on this issue. I don't think there is--I have not been able to find--another democratic nation in our world that shuts down its government over policy arguments, wasting $1.2 billion of GDP a week…

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Jan 14, 2019

On Friday, several of my Democratic colleagues and I met with hardworking Americans who are living with the consequences of the ongoing Trump shutdown. We met an FAA employee, working without a paycheck, who has two kids in college, and…

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Jan 10, 2019

I rise as a proud cosponsor of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, a bill to implement universal background checks as a critical first step towards ending the public health crisis of gun violence. Today, I speak up in honor of…

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Jan 9, 2019

Last night, the President went on television in an attempt to justify his decision to shut down our government and plunge our country into chaos. He claims that we are in the middle of an emergency, and I actually agree with him on that. I…

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Apr 28, 2015

Given increasing global instability, we strongly agree with the Army's recommendation to not let Army Reserve ESO drop lower than 195,000 Soldiers.

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Nov 19, 2014

The Federal Reserve has the power and the responsibility to make important changes that would prevent the sorts of abuses.

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Nov 19, 2014

I urge lawmakers and regulators not to lose sight of what is really at stake in this important public policy debate.

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Nov 19, 2014

Well, were you horrified by what you saw?

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Nov 19, 2014

So is it fair to say these basically followed a joint Goldman-Metro decision?

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Nov 19, 2014

I am at least equally interested in what the cancellation does in terms of increasing the queue, which affects the premium, while Goldman is trading in transactions relating to aluminum.

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Nov 19, 2014

Global Commodities' operational risk loss during storage and transportation of its physical commodity assets is limited to the value of those assets as catastrophic [or] environmental risk resides with the facility operators.

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Nov 19, 2014

JPMVEC booked its electricity in natural gases.

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Nov 19, 2014

But the Chinese Wall Policy does not stop that flow?

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Nov 19, 2014

So it was a joint decision to go ahead.

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Nov 19, 2014

The discrepancy between those two numbers is stark, and it shows just how ineffective the current limits are.

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Nov 19, 2014

These are not law. They are policy, and that means they are left up to the companies to implement.

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