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

It is unfortunate there are--there is work we can do with ERISA, clearly, but being as partisan as you just introduced this...

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.'

This is a mixed market economy, a capitalist economy, and it requires rules and guidance.

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.