Bill Cassidy

I know this is a different Committee, but do you run into problems with the retirement earnings test in which they get a decrease in their Social Security payment if they go back to work?

I think it is incumbent upon us to say--to get our PBM reform legislation, which we worked on a bipartisan basis in this Committee, signed into law.

Thank you, Chairman Sanders. And thank you all for being here. Really a great mission.

I defer to Senator Collins.

Senator Cassidy, that is near and dear to my heart.

We have, historically in Congress, come together on a bipartisan basis to reauthorize this, strengthen its support for all seniors.

I am almost thinking, Senator Cassidy, that we should change the name of this Committee to the prevention committee.

Post-COVID, we need to look at and make sure the programs that we are authorizing work.

Bottom line is here, and what is of concern to this Committee is since 2016, despite increased demand that a massive increase in the number of seniors in America, funding for the Older Americans Act has gone down by nearly 20 percent after…

Let us be clear, this is a point that needs to be made over and over again, these nutrition programs not only provide good nutrition, but anyone who understands the Meals on Wheels program knows that it is important it is not just the…

This year, the HELP Committee will need to pass legislation reauthorizing the program, and I am glad to join Chair Sanders in leading a bipartisan working group with Senators Collins, Braun, Mullin, Casey, Kaine, and Markey.

How do we improve retirement not for Elon Musk, but for kind of the folks who are at the low end.

I hope the Chair will indulge with a markup of these bipartisan pieces of legislation.

We will need something bipartisan to pass with 60 votes.

Since ERISA, the defined benefits system has been largely replaced by the defined contribution which has flourished.

Thank you, Chair Sanders. A little odd, the focus today seems to be promoting the defined benefits system.

How do we improve retirement not for Elon Musk, but for kind of the folks who are at the low end.

If the Chair truly wishes to expand the use of defined benefit plans, I am so happy to discuss reforms similar to the ones that have been very successful in the individual employer space, and pass them, to stabilize the entire defined…

We will need something bipartisan to pass with 60 votes.

We support what works.

Let's make it easier for the defined contribution to include them.

I hope the Chair will indulge with a markup of these bipartisan pieces of legislation.

Since ERISA, the defined benefits system has been largely replaced by the defined contribution which has flourished.

Thank you, Chair Sanders. A little odd, the focus today seems to be promoting the defined benefits system.

How do we improve retirement not for Elon Musk, but for kind of the folks who are at the low end.