Mark DeSaulnier: “Had we not acted, the unacceptable status-quo would have continued; plans would have failed; and the Pension Benefit…”

When ERISA was enacted in 1974, Congress made its intent clear. The law's primary purpose is to 'protect the interest of participants in employee benefit plans, and their beneficiaries.'

I am concerned by the proposals to take us backward.

The denial would eventually be reversed, but the decision came almost a month after Kyree's death.

It has been my privilege in the three decades or more that I have been in elected office, starting with city council to become friends and part of the disability community.