John Kline: “I am very sensitive to the 5-minute clock, and so I want to pursue a line of questioning sort of quickly here.”

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.

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.

I cannot State emphatically enough that far-reaching reform, fiscal responsibility, and bipartisanship must be the principles that guide us as we work to solve this problem.

Workers and retirees must have peace of mind when it comes to their hard-earned retirement benefits.