Honorable Carl Levin
United States Senator, Michigan, Democrat
Senator Levin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978. He was a member of the Detroit City Council from 1969 to 1977, and President of the City Council from 1973 to 1977. He chairs the Armed Services Committee and sits on the following committees: Homeland Security and Government Affairs, where he chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and the Select Committee on Intelligence, as an ex officio member. The following is from the March 28, 2012, Senate floor debate on S. 2204, the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act. The bill…
