the very first time was after Congress passed this ill-advised law that I was so strongly opposed to.
Part of the reason why I think the law is necessary is because I do not see another way to keep the plan from running ou...
In this country, that is not the way it is supposed to work.
What this is really about is making sure that Congress ensures that the promise that pension benefits are all about is p...
This is an extraordinarily important time for our country, colleagues, because there is a longstanding principal of pens...
You cannot turn your back on the workers and retirees in these communities when times get tough.
What we have seen in a lot of the farming communities in Oregon is a declining population.
Agriculture is the second-largest driver of our economy in the State of Oregon.
It is so important that the committee move and move quickly.
In this country, there is a longstanding principle of pension law that says you don't take away benefits that workers ha...
It is my view that this committee and the Congress should move on this bill as soon as possible.
To me, in our country, you just do not snatch away pension rights from Americans who never did anything but the right th...
I went down with Secretary Vilsack's first agricultural visit, the first trip since 1961.
I do not need a justification. You just made the justification why we owe it to retirees to correct this and not just le...
The Finance Committee is a place where Democrats and Republicans can come together to find solutions to the enormous ret...
We need to get over that illusion.
I do hope the Federal Government will figure out a way to help cover some of the local costs.
This is kind of the frustration that we feel very strongly, as I don't have to tell you in the West.
