John Kline: “We believe to approach this issue and to approach the complexity of these issues, we must do this with comprehensive…”

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

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.

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.

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