Mark DeSaulnier: “I want to commend, at the same time find it difficult in giving the benefit of the doubt to reconcile what the majority…”

I am concerned by the proposals to take us backward.

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.'

That was the most extreme in the ten years I have been here in Congress.

This balance between the private sector and creating employer/employee good relationship... healthcare benefits are really important.