This proposal is a step that Congress can take to put a little more balance in Federal policy to ensure that all America...
My view on tax policy is, you want to give everybody in America the opportunity to get ahead.
Our job is to make it different this time with meaningful legislation.
The situation for mine workers gets worse with every passing day, and this, Mr. Chairman and colleagues, is another publ...
The bottom line for Oregon workers is going to be, when you get a job, you are going to get a retirement account, and yo...
I want to ensure that everybody has a chance to get ahead.
We created a health care system after World War II that was completely tethered to the employer, and that was because we...
The recent turmoil in the financial markets is a keen reminder of why it is important to keep Social Security strong and...
It is obvious that working families and the middle class need more opportunities to save.
They deserve health and pension benefits that they earned over decades of backbreaking work.
That is out of whack, and I would like to change it.
We must address the retirement emergencies poised to devastate far too many workers.
Finally, we need to expand Social Security.
Barely more than half of American workers have access to a retirement savings plan through their employer.
ERISA just really has not kept up with this very different world.
This committee now has begun to work in a bipartisan way.
Democrats and Republicans should come together to fix it, and I've been proud to work with Chairman Hatch and Senators I...
I do not buy that, and I will let Chairman Hatch speak for himself, but I know he very much wants this committee to work...
