John Kline: “I think this is a fundamental challenge to us. But I don't know how you get there if you don't go for the…”

Part of the way we need to approach these solutions is to adopt reforms that address the structural flaws within the plans.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the witnesses for being with us today. Excellent testimony, as we're trying to solve the problem that some of us have been dealing with for a long time.

There is nothing fair or excusable about a 75-year-old retiree with health care concerns finding out that the pension he was promised just isn't funded.

Former Chairman John Kline, while recognizing that the overtime threshold should be responsibly reformed, called the administration's drastic move extreme and partisan.