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Frank Lautenberg: And I asked a question of the CEO of the company, if they had $17 billion available for purchase of another airline, why…

On the recordDecember 9, 2009
And I asked a question of the CEO of the company, if they had $17 billion available for purchase of another airline, why were they reducing pensions?
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

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Lautenberg questioned airline CEOs about pension reductions despite having funds for acquisitions.

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