John Kline: “I find that when you announce your retiring, you get friends everywhere and I do not understand exactly what that means.”

We owe it to them to set aside our political differences and come to the table to find a bipartisan solution that secures their future.

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

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.

If Congress does not reform the architecture of the multiemployer pension system, then it won't matter how much money we throw at this problem.