Mark DeSaulnier: “Madison said if people were angels there would be no need for government.”

Cost is only important if you get value in exchange for the cost.

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

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.

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.'