Mark DeSaulnier: “I am concerned by the proposals to take us backward.”

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

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

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

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