John Kline: “I am very concerned that we honor your pledge to keep faith with those who have served.”

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his hard work on this and so many other bills in the Education and the Workforce Committee. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in strong support of this package of legislation. This bill is one of several…

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.

I could not agree with your words more at that point and I appreciate hearing that perspective.

The law explicitly prohibits the secretary from interfering, yet that is precisely what your proposal would do.