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On the recordMay 11, 2010
I was most alarmed when I read a New York Times article in March that said the Federal Government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants, and other benefits over the past decade to foreign and international American companies while they were doing business with Iran.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand expresses concern over U.S. contracts benefiting companies that violate sanctions against Iran.

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