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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “And even while the government paid TransDigm $1.5 billion in cash as part of a pandemic debt buyback program to prevent…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2022
And even while the government paid TransDigm $1.5 billion in cash as part of a pandemic debt buyback program to prevent precisely those layoffs from occurring, you took home a total of $90 million in compensation during that time, more than the compensation of chief executives of Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon combined.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez criticizes excessive executive compensation despite government support during layoffs.

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