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Rashida Tlaib: At the time when American families were and still are struggling with the financial burden of the pandemic, TransDigm…

On the recordJanuary 18, 2022
At the time when American families were and still are struggling with the financial burden of the pandemic, TransDigm paid two executives here today around $90 million, while at the same time laying off, furloughing, cutting the salaries of its other employees; $90 million, I might add, that TransDigm got by screwing over the American people.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib criticized TransDigm for high executive pay amid employee layoffs during the pandemic.

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