This bill enjoys unanimous support from the North Carolina Congressional Delegation and is vital to the town of Blowing Rock.
Mr. Chairman, thank you. Thank you for convening this hearing before the National Parks Subcommittee.
The status quo is unsustainable.
I agree that we need meaningful health care reform.
It is well past-due for Congress to address the funding crisis.
$10 million in incremental pension funding is the equivalent to 125 nurses.
I think the committee deserves a clarification as to the thought process that PBGC went through and, more importantly, I think the employees...
I think if Congress does give temporary relief, employers will see that Congress understands our concerns.
The longer we stay in an anemic growth period in this country, this pressure builds and it builds and it builds.
I am from North Carolina and had chaired the Budget Committee for a number of years.
I think we need to ramp this process up. We can't wait.
For months the pension community--employers and employees--has looked to Congress for leadership.
I do look forward to working with my colleagues on a solution to the pension funding challenges that most companies have today.
I really appreciate you holding this hearing, and I have no questions for this panel at this point in time.
I am really searching for your help in leading me in the direction to convince people on the Outer Banks of North Carolina...
But without the willingness of the American people to make the investment, we will come up woefully short.
We must be good stewards of these national treasures so that they are preserved for the enjoyment of future generations.
I hope that my colleagues, both sides of the Congress, will allow science and science alone to drive our policies in the future.
