Mark DeSaulnier: “If we use the Japanese and the European model, one-third of that would be going into the operations system.”

I am concerned by the proposals to take us backward.

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

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.'